History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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These people really aim very badly.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties 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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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