In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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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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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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