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 GAULLEOne can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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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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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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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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