All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
CHARLES DE GAULLEVictory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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