No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
-
-
I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
France has no friends, only interests.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
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 -
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
CHARLES DE GAULLE -
It 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 GAULLE -
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
CHARLES DE GAULLE