Charles de Gaulle Quotations

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.

They really are bad shots.

It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.

I myself have become a Gaullist only little by little.

All my life I have had a certain idea of France.

Long live free Quebec!

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.