All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOnly by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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 have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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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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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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