Old age is a shipwreck.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOld age is a shipwreck.
CHARLES DE GAULLEGenius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFaced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt is better to have a bad method than to have none.
CHARLES DE GAULLENo policy is worth anything outside of reality.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThese people really aim very badly.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
CHARLES DE GAULLEPolitics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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 GAULLEOnly by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
CHARLES DE GAULLENothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
CHARLES DE GAULLENothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
CHARLES DE GAULLE