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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be...

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...

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

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

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

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...

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is...

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is...

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...

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...