Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
CHARLES DE GAULLECharacter is the virtue of hard times.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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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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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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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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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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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 politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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