In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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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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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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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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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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