No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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These people really aim very badly.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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