Charles de Gaulle on country
Charles de Gaulle102 quotes“A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.”
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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?
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle 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.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle 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 GaulleCharles de Gaulle No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle The future does not belong to men.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle France cannot be France without greatness.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle
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