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?
CHARLES DE GAULLEHearing 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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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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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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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