Never relinquish the initiative.
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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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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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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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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 true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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