Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOne must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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These people really aim very badly.
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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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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The future does not belong to men.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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 respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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