Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAlways choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Whatever 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.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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