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.
CHARLES DE GAULLEGentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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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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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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