The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
CHARLES DE GAULLENothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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