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Charles de Gaulle

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 GAULLE

Country Habit Marriage Old Time
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Build Image Nation Sword
Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Day Flame Myself Resistance Talk
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Decision Harmony Myself View
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Believe Himself Politics Quite Word
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Achievement Determination Greatness Myself
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Ideas Life Myself
The future does not belong to men.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Future Man One Liner
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Conclusion Important Myself Politics Serious
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Country Different Funny Oneself Togetherness Unity
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Action Character Crisis Face Himself Responsibility
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Difficult Potential Realization
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Generosity Skin Soul Start Yourself
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
France cannot be France without greatness.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

France Greatness One Liner
In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Face Greatness History Hope Love

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