Never relinquish the initiative.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Charles De Gaulle Quotes

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

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

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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 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...

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

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...

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,...

The awkward moment when you look up from your phone and the person you have...

The awkward moment when you look up from your phone and the person you have...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...