One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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The future does not belong to men.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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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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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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