In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
CHARLES DE GAULLETo govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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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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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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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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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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