You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
CHARLES DE GAULLEMy dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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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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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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