Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
CHARLES DE GAULLETo govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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The future does not belong to men.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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