I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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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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