No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLEAuthority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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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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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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