All Charles de Gaulle Quotes
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle
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The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
Charles de Gaulle
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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?
Charles de Gaulle
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
Charles de Gaulle
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de Gaulle
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
Charles de Gaulle in
History
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Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
Charles de Gaulle
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Charles de Gaulle
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
Charles de Gaulle
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Only 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 Gaulle
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I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.
Charles de Gaulle
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Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de Gaulle in
Politics
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