Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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