Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
CHARLES DE GAULLEWhen I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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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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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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