It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDon’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The future does not belong to men.
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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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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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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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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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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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