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?
CHARLES DE GAULLEHe who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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