It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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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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We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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