In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThese people really aim very badly.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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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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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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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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