Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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