Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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The future does not belong to men.
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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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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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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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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