France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHearing 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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