At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFor all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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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.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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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France has no friends, only interests.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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