For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAll my life I have had a certain idea of France.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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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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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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