My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Faced 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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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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