I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
CHARLES DE GAULLEGentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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