I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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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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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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