24 Quotes By Charles de Gaulle


Old age is a shipwreck.
Charles de Gaulle on age

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Charles de Gaulle on alone

You'll live. Only the best get killed.
Charles de Gaulle on best

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 on death

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
Charles de Gaulle on history

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
Charles de Gaulle on history

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Charles de Gaulle on imagination

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Charles de Gaulle on leadership

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

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Charles de Gaulle on men

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
Charles de Gaulle on men

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Charles de Gaulle on patriotism

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
Charles de Gaulle on pet

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Charles de Gaulle on politics

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de Gaulle on politics

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

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

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Charles de Gaulle on power

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
Charles de Gaulle on power

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Charles de Gaulle on respect