Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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