How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
CHARLES DE GAULLENo, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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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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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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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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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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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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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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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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