The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
CHARLES DE GAULLEPolitics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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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.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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