Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance cannot be France without greatness.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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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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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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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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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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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