All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLENothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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