Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAdversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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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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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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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 order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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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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