No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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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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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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.
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The future does not belong to men.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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