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Charles de Gaulle Quotes
12 quotes from Charles de Gaulle — French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during WWII and served as President of France (1959–1969)..
“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.”
“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.”
“How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?”
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.”
“I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”
“Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools.”
“Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.”
“In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.”
“Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.”
“Old age is a shipwreck.”
“There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.”