Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
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. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“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… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share 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… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese? — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
