One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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These people really aim very badly.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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The future does not belong to men.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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