It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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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Don’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.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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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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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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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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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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