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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.

Charles de Gaulle

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Character Face Fall Himself Man
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

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
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Power Silence Ultimate Weapon Wisdom
I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Embarrassment Myself Revolution
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Army Brilliant Mistake Planning Victory
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Judgement Leadership Narrow Ordinary People
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Favor Myself Talk Travel
No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Business Myself Talk
Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Gold Government History Human Money Record
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Determination Fatal Freedom History Man Moments
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Believe Himself Politics Quite Word
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Angry Myself Right Time Wrong
It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Compare Rapid Scope Transformation World
The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Desire Domination Passion Privilege Time

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