184 Quotes by Charles de Gaulle

The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.

Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

All my life I have thought of France in a certain way.

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

It is very quiet here. Most passengers changed their plans,

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?

The best of men / That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer, / A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, / The first true gentleman that ever breathed.