Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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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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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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The future does not belong to men.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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