Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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