Quotes by Charles de Gaulle

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

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 kinds of cheese.

I never complained about people comparing me to asparagus. Because talking of asparagus... the head is the most important part.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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

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

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.