How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
CHARLES DE GAULLEI am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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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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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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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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