One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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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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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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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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