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.
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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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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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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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The future does not belong to men.
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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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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