Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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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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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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