Quotes of Charles De Gaulle - somelinesforyou

“ Deliberation is the function of the many; action is the function of one. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Always choose the most difficult way, there you will not meet competitors. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Always choose the most difficult way, there you will not meet competitors. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ 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. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ 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. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ You'll live. Only the best get killed. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make of them the means to achieve great ends. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ 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. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. ”

- Charles de Gaulle
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