The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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The future does not belong to men.
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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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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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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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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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