A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe leader is always alone before bad fates.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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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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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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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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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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