In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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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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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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