He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
CHARLES DE GAULLEMen are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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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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Old age is a shipwreck.
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These people really aim very badly.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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