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.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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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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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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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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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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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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