Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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The future does not belong to men.
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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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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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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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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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