Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
CHARLES DE GAULLEWhatever 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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