France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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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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These people really aim very badly.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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