The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOnly by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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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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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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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.
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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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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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