France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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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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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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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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