20 Charles de Gaulle Quotes on Politics

Charles de Gaulle quotes on politics

3. Long live free Quebec!

4. France has no friends, only interests!

5. Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.

10. I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.

11. Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.

13. How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?

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

18. The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur cannot be divided.

21. The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.

25. Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to honour and honesty can end up, at the end of the line, as a good political decision.

28. The government has no propositions to make, but orders to give.

29. France cannot be France without greatness.

31. How do they expect a one-party system to work in a country which has over 246 different kinds of cheese?

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

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

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40. In the name of policy, change your friends.

42. Brazil is not a serious country.

43. Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

44. Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator ?

45. Of course one can jump up and down yelling Europe ! Europe ! Europe ! But it amounts to nothing and it means nothing.