Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDiplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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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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Old age is a shipwreck.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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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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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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