Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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