3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle 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.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle 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?
3 December 2020 Charles de Gaulle Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
