Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
CHARLES DE GAULLEGenius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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 builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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