For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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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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