Charles de Gaulle

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

I have always been a man of the people.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The French are a nation of individualists.

I am a man of my word.

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

France is not alone!

The French are a 'nation of calves'.

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

France has no friends, only interests.

Britain, like Greece, is a maritime power, an island. She is interested in the outside world, not in Europe.

The only valid ambition is to be an exception.

The great leaders of history, the makers of nations, the founders of empires, have always been men of character, not men of theories.

The Americans are a great people, but a vulgar one.

Faced with a choice between the United States and the Soviet Union, France chooses France.

I have tried to raise France from the mud.

Politics is not about logic, but about passions.

The older I get, the more I believe that women should be in the kitchen.

The most difficult thing is to be simple.

I am too old to change my habits, and too French to change my character.