One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
CHARLES DE GAULLEA great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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The future does not belong to men.
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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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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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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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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