You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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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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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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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