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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

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...

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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.

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 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...

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

Where I make a living, there is my home

Where I make a living, there is my home

Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to...

Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to...