Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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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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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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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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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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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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