It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe graveyards are full of indispensable men.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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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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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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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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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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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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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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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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