The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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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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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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