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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.

Charles de Gaulle

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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Achievement Endeavour Leadership Remember
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Achievement Determination Greatness Myself
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Answer Myself Question Ready
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Authority Distance Work
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Climate Diplomat Rain
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Command Count Importance Man
Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Genius Stop Time
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Power Silence Ultimate Weapon Wisdom
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Confidence Domination Elite People Time
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Character Face Fall Himself Man
In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Betrayal Country Election Necessary Politics
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Agreement Girl Last Rose Young
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Annoy Country Creation Invention
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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Different Food Government Kind Nation Rule
France cannot be France without greatness.
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France Greatness One Liner
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Destiny Feeing Instrument Myself
For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Faith France Guide Rule
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Myself Resistance Respect Tolerance
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Action Alone Man Oneself Work
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Country Face heavy Myself Togetherness Trial
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Attraction Difficult Embrace Himself Realization
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Adapt Fast Strategy Yourself
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Breathe Element Excitement Leadership Public Surprise True
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Attraction Character Difficult Himself Man Potential Realization
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Action Character Crisis Face Himself Responsibility
You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Best Kill Live Yourself

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