How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese? Charles de Gaulle More Quotes by Charles de Gaulle More Quotes From Charles de Gaulle Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. Charles de Gaulle churchhumorfunny Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak. Charles de Gaulle sheltersilencestrong Old age is a shipwreck. Charles de Gaulle agingagebirthday In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history? Charles de Gaulle eventssolitudefaces Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men. Charles de Gaulle menworldthinking A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends. Charles de Gaulle inspirationalfriendshipcountry I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War) Charles de Gaulle moneymilitarywar Never relinquish the initiative. Charles de Gaulle initiative I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. Charles de Gaulle savingmighttelevision All my life I have had a certain idea of France. Charles de Gaulle francecertainideas Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec! Charles de Gaulle montreallive-freelong It is better to have a bad method than to have none. Charles de Gaulle method I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die. Charles de Gaulle these-daysdiesworry I'm not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary. Charles de Gaulle revolutionarypoliticswisdom No policy is worth anything outside of reality. Charles de Gaulle policyreality Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time. Charles de Gaulle franceonce-upon-a-timecountry The cabinet has no propositions to make, but orders to give. Charles de Gaulle cabinetsgivingorder I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny. Charles de Gaulle instrumentsdestinymilitary The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. Charles de Gaulle statesmenwillingrisk Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself. Charles de Gaulle difficultygraspingmen
