The future does not belong to men.
CHARLES DE GAULLEWhen I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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