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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.

Charles de Gaulle

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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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Determination Fatal Freedom History Man Moments

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