Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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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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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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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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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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