Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThere can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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