Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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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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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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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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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE