Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHe who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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