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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: France Quotes

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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.

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...

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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...

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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...

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.