Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils 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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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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 Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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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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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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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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