One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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These people really aim very badly.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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