You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Charles De Gaulle Quotes

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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.

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

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

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

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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