Charles de Gaulle Quotes about Military

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)

Money, Military, War

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

Military, Rain, Weather

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.

Military, People, Diplomats

In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.

Military, War, Risk

Charles de Gaulle (1964). “The Complete War Memoirs”

I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

Military, Destiny, Instruments