Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThere can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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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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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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The future does not belong to men.
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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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