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> [Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/betting-against-gold-is-the-same-as-betting-on-governments-he-who/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

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> [There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/there-can-be-no-other-criterion-no-other-standard-than-gold-yes-gold/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

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## More by Charles de Gaulle

> [Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/don-t-ask-who-s-influenced-me-a-lion-is-made-up-of-the-lambs-he-s/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [“Have you ever seen a dictator on a run-off ballot? \[Responding to the charges of a dictatorial bent, after being forced into a run-off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/have-you-ever-seen-a-dictator-on-a-run-off-ballot-responding-to-the/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [The future does not belong to men...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/the-future-does-not-belong-to-men/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [We are not here to laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/we-are-not-here-to-laugh/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [France cannot be France without greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/france-cannot-be-france-without-greatness/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-politics-are-too-serious-a-matter/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/authority-doesn-t-work-without-prestige-or-prestige-without-distance/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/today-we-are-crushed-by-the-sheer-weight-of-the-mechanized-forces/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/difficulty-attracts-the-man-of-character-because-it-is-in-embracing/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/only-by-coming-to-grips-with-difficulty-can-you-realize-your-full/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/how-can-you-govern-a-country-which-has-246-varieties-of-cheese/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/how-can-anyone-govern-a-nation-that-has-two-hundred-and-forty-six/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/silence-is-the-ultimate-weapon-of-power/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/nothing-builds-authority-up-like-silence-splendor-of-the-strong-and/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

> [As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/as-an-adolescent-i-was-convinced-that-france-would-have-to-go-through/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

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