One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe graveyards are full of indispensable men.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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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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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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