Charles de Gaulle Quotes About War
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I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)
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Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which even greater mechanized forces will bring us victory. Therein lies the destiny of the world.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Old France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal!
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War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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Charles de Gaulle
- Born: November 22, 1890
- Died: November 9, 1970
- Occupation: Former President of the French Republic
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