Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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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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What do you take me for, an idiot?
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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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Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the…
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They really are bad shots.
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Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which…
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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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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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You'll live. Only the best get killed.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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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…
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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…
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There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which…
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