As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only...

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...

I was France.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it...

Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it...

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which...

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which...