One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
Charles de GaulleYou may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Charles de GaulleI predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)
Charles de Gaulle