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 GAULLEWe may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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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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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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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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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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