France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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