You'll live. Only the best get killed.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Living Quotes

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

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...

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

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,...

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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

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.

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

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...

I was France.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

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.