You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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 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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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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