France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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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.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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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 graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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