It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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 am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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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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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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The future does not belong to men.
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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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