Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe future does not belong to men.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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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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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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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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These people really aim very badly.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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Old age is a shipwreck.
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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 have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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