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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

Charles de Gaulle

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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Action Function Oneself
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Command Count Importance Man
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Authority Charge Myself Respect
Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Favor Myself Talk Travel
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Generosity Skin Soul Start Yourself
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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Breathe Element Excitement Leadership Public Surprise True
Old age is a shipwreck.
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Age Myself Old Perspective
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Decision Harmony Myself View
Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Character Hard Time Virtue
Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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Gold Government History Human Money Record
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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History Man Myself Satisfaction Solitude Temptation Yourself
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Destiny Feeing Instrument Myself
The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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Desire Domination Passion Privilege Time
Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative
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?
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Face Greatness History Hope Love
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Authority Distance Work

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