No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLEMen can have friends, statesmen cannot.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Hearing 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.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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