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Never relinquish the initiative.

Charles de Gaulle

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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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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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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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