I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Thought Quotes

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...

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

I was France.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

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...

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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...

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

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

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

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...

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

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...

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

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

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...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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,...