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 GAULLEI respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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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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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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 feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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