Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe graveyards are full of indispensable men.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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 am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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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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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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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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 wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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