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?
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe leader is always alone before bad fates.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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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 great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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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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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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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Whatever 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.
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