I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAdversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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 am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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