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.
CHARLES DE GAULLEAuthority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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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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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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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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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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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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