Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
CHARLES DE GAULLESilence is the ultimate weapon of power.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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