Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
CHARLES DE GAULLEI wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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France has no friends, only interests.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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