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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.

Charles de Gaulle

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Country Independent
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Achievement Endeavour Leadership Remember
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?
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Face Greatness History Hope Love
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Agreement Girl Last Rose Young
Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Fall Grave Man Thinking World Yourself
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Army Brilliant Mistake Planning Victory
Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Content Effect Leadership Man Management Ordinary
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Compare Rapid Scope Transformation World
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Build Image Nation Sword
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Country Food Funny Government Yourself
At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Civilization Freedom Leisure Root Work
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Climate Diplomat Rain
We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Discover Distance Far Greatness Lying Moon
It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Bad Better Choice Planning
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Master Myself Politics Servant

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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