Never relinquish the initiative.
CHARLES DE GAULLENo country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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The future does not belong to men.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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