Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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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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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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In 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?
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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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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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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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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