I was France.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Charles De Gaulle Quotes

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...

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...

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...

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

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....

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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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

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

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

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

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

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

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.

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...

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

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...

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.