Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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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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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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