Top 58 Quotes by Charles de Gaulle

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.