I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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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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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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These people really aim very badly.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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