A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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 have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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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 may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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