Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Charles de GaulleYou start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
Charles de GaulleOnly peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
Charles de GaulleDon't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
Charles de Gaulle