I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn 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?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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