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.
CHARLES DE GAULLEYou start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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