How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
Charles de GaulleOld France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal!
Charles de GaulleBetting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
Charles de GaulleWar stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.
Charles de Gaulle