Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOnce 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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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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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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