No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLEBelgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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