For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
CHARLES DE GAULLEYou start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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