I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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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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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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