Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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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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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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The future does not belong to men.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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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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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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These people really aim very badly.
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