Charles de Gaulle Quotes

French - Leader | November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Charles de Gaulle

LoveHatePatriotismPeopleFirst

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Charles de Gaulle

PoliticsSeriousMatterPoliticians

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

Charles de Gaulle

GreatMenNothingWillGreat Men

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

Charles de Gaulle

LeaderPeopleJudgeDebateAimSee

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

Charles de Gaulle

MyselfMenPetBetterLovingFind

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Charles de Gaulle

GovernmentCheeseTwoNationKinds

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Charles de Gaulle

GreatnessRoadUnknownLeading

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

Charles de Gaulle

MysteryWithoutFamiliarityContempt

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Charles de Gaulle

FeetStrategyYouFastUselessYour

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

LifeLionMeReadingMy LifeAsk

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

HistoryLiftWillMudSheOut

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Charles de Gaulle

PowerSilenceWeaponUltimate

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