There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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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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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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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.
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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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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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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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These people really aim very badly.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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