184 Quotes by Charles de Gaulle

The leader is always alone before bad fates.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

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

Never relinquish the initiative.

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

Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.