Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFaced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
CHARLES DE GAULLEBetting 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.
CHARLES DE GAULLETreaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
CHARLES DE GAULLEWhereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt is better to have a bad method than to have none.
CHARLES DE GAULLENothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
CHARLES DE GAULLESilence is the ultimate weapon of power.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLENothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
CHARLES DE GAULLEBelgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance cannot be France without greatness.
CHARLES DE GAULLESince a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLEYou have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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