charles de gaulle

“ Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life. ”

“ One must speak little. In action, one must say nothing. The chief is the one who does not speak. ”

“ Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French. ”

“ Treaties you see are like girls and roses; they last while they last. ”

“ It's better to have a bad method than to have none. ”

“ China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. ”

“ When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time. ”

“ The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. ”

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

“ Men can have friends, statesmen cannot. ”