France cannot be France without greatness.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAt the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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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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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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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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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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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