Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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The future does not belong to men.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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