Charles de Gaulle Quotes
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination. Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. The graveyards are full of indispensable men. Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools. To speak is to . . . dissipate one's strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of one's thoughts. I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French. Genius sometim...