The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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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.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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