Charles de Gaulle Quotes

It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.

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

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

The cemetery is filled with indispensable men.

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?

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

These people really aim very badly.