The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFaced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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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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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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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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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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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