Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

— Charles de Gaulle

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

— Charles de Gaulle

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

— Charles de Gaulle

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

— Charles de Gaulle

How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?

— Charles de Gaulle

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

— Charles de Gaulle

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomiting. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

— Charles de Gaulle

In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.

— Charles de Gaulle

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

— Charles de Gaulle

In politics, it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

— Charles de Gaulle