In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
CHARLES DE GAULLEI’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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