When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Once 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.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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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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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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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