He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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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The future does not belong to men.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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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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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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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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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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These people really aim very badly.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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