Quote

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

Charles de Gaulle

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Charles de Gaulle
Age: 79 †
Born: 1890
Born: November 22
Died: 1970
Died: November 9
Former President Of The French Republic
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Military Theorist
Politician
Statesperson
Rijsel
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Thinking
Americans
Beyond
Imagination
Sure
Funny
Stupidities
America
Plus
May
Stupidity
Think
Commit

More quotes by Charles de Gaulle

Image
At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which even greater mechanized forces will bring us victory. Therein lies the destiny of the world.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Deliberation is a function of the many action is the function of one.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
What do you take me for, an idiot?
Charles de Gaulle
Image
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself
Charles de Gaulle
Image
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
Charles de Gaulle
Image
In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
Charles de Gaulle