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?
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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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These people really aim very badly.
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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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