I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFaced 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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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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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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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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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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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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