When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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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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France has no friends, only interests.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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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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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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