A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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