Charles de Gaulle » Quotes

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

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

We may go to the moon, but that's not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

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

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.

Old age is a shipwreck.

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.