Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
CHARLES DE GAULLEA true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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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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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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