Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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.
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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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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 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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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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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.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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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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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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