He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDeliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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The future does not belong to men.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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