Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
CHARLES DE GAULLEPolitics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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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 builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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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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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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