Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn 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?
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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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.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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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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Betting 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.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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