Charles de Gaulle

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Only peril can bring forth the grandeur of France.

I am a man who belongs to no one and who belongs to everyone.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nests on some lofty solitude.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

France cannot be France without greatness.

The more I study men, the more I admire dogs.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Patriotism is when you love your country. Nationalism is when you hate every other country.

I am too big to be small.

One day, when the world is tired of the Americans, it will turn to France.

The world is full of people who are very busy doing nothing.

What is important is not what we say, but what we do.

We are not alone. We are not alone. And we will not be alone.

Man is mortal, and so are nations.

I have no other ambition than to serve France.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

The road of life is a long one, and it is full of twists and turns.