Author: Charles de Gaulle

Quotes

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

- Charles de Gaulle

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

- Charles de Gaulle

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

- Charles de Gaulle

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

- Charles de Gaulle

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

- Charles de Gaulle

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

- Charles de Gaulle

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

- Charles de Gaulle

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

- Charles de Gaulle

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

- Charles de Gaulle

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