Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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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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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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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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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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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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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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The future does not belong to men.
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These people really aim very badly.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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