Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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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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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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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