Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
CHARLES DE GAULLEMen can have friends, statesmen cannot.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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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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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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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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