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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

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...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I was France.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

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...

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much...

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much...

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...

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

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...

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again...

The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again...

I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family...

I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family...