Gaulle, Charles de

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

"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

"Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own."

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." - quoted by Clement Attlee in A Prime Minister Remembers, by Francis Williams)

"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first." - quoted in Life

"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him." - quoted in Newsweek

"How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?" - quoted in Newsweek