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.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe leader is always alone before bad fates.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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 evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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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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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