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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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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