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.
CHARLES DE GAULLENo country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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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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