Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn 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?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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 wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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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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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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