Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAlways choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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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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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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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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