It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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These people really aim very badly.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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