Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHistory does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
-
-
The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
France cannot be France without greatness.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
France has no friends, only interests.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
CHARLES DE GAULLE