Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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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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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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