Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
CHARLES DE GAULLEYou may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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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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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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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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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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