In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
CHARLES DE GAULLEPolitics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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It 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.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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