All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAll my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLEGentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDeliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOne must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLENever relinquish the initiative.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe graveyards are full of indispensable men.
CHARLES DE GAULLELeaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
CHARLES DE GAULLESilence is the ultimate weapon of power.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
CHARLES DE GAULLE