One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLELeaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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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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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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