The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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