One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance cannot be France without greatness.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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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 leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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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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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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