A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance cannot be France without greatness.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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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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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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