I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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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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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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