Author: Charles de Gaulle

Quotes

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

- 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

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

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

- Charles de Gaulle

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

- Charles de Gaulle

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

- Charles de Gaulle

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

- Charles de Gaulle

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

- Charles de Gaulle

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