Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Charles De Gaulle Quotes

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

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...

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution....

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution....

I was France.

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's...

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's...

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.

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

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

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

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 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...

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

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...

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...

China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there

China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there

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...

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.