Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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