Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOne can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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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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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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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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