We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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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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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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