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.
CHARLES DE GAULLEWhatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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