To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Old age is a shipwreck.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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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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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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