The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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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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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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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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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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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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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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