You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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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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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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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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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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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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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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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These people really aim very badly.
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The future does not belong to men.
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