Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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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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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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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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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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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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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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