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.
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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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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.
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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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