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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: France Quotes

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...

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

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

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

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

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

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...

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.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

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...

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...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are...

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are...

When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists....

When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists....