France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFor all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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France has no friends, only interests.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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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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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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