I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOnly by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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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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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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