Gaulle, Charles De quotes
1890-1970 French President during World War IIChurch is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
Gaulle, Charles De
Churches
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Gaulle, Charles De
Determination
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
Gaulle, Charles De
Diplomacy
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Gaulle, Charles De
Humility
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Gaulle, Charles De
Glory
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Gaulle, Charles De
Mastery
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
Gaulle, Charles De
Nuclear Age
How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty six varieties of cheese?
Gaulle, Charles De
Nations
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.
Gaulle, Charles De
Politicians and Politics
I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them.
Gaulle, Charles De
Opposition
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Gaulle, Charles De
Politicians and Politics
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
Gaulle, Charles De
Solitude
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Gaulle, Charles De
Silence
Treaties are like roses and young girls -- they last while they last
Gaulle, Charles De
Treaties
France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.
Gaulle, Charles De
Battles
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Gaulle, Charles De
Authority
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.
Gaulle, Charles De
Anger
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Gaulle, Charles De
Action
Old age is a shipwreck.
Gaulle, Charles De
Age and Aging
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
Gaulle, Charles De
Character
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
Gaulle, Charles De
Action
The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.
Gaulle, Charles De
World