The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDon’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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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