Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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France has no friends, only interests.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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