Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance cannot be France without greatness.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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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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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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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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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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