Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
CHARLES DE GAULLENever relinquish the initiative.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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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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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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