Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLEBetting 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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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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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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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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