Charles de Gaulle

The true statesman is one who can see the future and prepare for it.

War is a serious thing, not a game.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

It is impossible to be a good soldier without being a good citizen.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The only way to deal with a problem is to face it head on.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.

Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator?

Have you ever seen a dictator on a run-off ballot?

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

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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.

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

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

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.