The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
Since 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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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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