I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Character is the virtue of hard 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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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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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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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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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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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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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