You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHe who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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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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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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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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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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