Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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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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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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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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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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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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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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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