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.
CHARLES DE GAULLESince a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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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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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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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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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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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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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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