All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLEGentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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The future does not belong to men.
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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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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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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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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