I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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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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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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