No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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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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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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The future does not belong to men.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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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.
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