I respect only those who resist me but cannot tolerate them.

— Charles de Gaulle

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

— Charles de Gaulle

It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared either in scope or in rapidity.

— Charles de Gaulle

It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.

— Charles de Gaulle

I was France.

— Charles de Gaulle

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

— Charles de Gaulle

Old age is a shipwreck.

— Charles de Gaulle

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

— Charles de Gaulle

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

— Charles de Gaulle

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

— Charles de Gaulle