I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The future does not belong to men.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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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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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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