For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
CHARLES DE GAULLENo, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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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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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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The future does not belong to men.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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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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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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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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