Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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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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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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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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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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