Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
CHARLES DE GAULLEEvery Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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The future does not belong to men.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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