No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLEHe who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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The future does not belong to men.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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