Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
CHARLES DE GAULLELeaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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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.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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