My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe leader is always alone before bad fates.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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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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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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