Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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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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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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The future does not belong to men.
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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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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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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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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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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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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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