All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLEDon’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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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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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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