Charles de Gaulle1890–1970The quotations of
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman
1890–1970
13 quotes, most often on Politics and Patriotism.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses?
- Poster À tous les Français (To All Frenchmen), 3 August 1940.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Le Fil de l’épée (1932)- Attributed to de Gaulle by Romain Gary, Life, May 9, 1969
- Mémoires de guerre (1954, 1956, 1959)
- Mémoires de guerre (1954, 1956, 1959)
- Le Fil de l’épée (1932), Il vaut mieux avoir une méthode mauvaise plutôt que de n’en avoir aucune.
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
Press conference, 19 May 1958. Quoted in “Carnets secrets de la politique” (1958) by Jean Raymond Tournoux.- Le Fil de l’épée (1932)
- Televised speech, June 14 1960
- Press conference, June 30 1955. Quoted in “Le Général de Gaulle et la construction de l’Europe” (1967), pg 33.
- Speech, July 14 1943.
