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Always choose the most difficult way, there you will not meet competitors.Charles De Gaulle
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?Charles De Gaulle
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.Charles De Gaulle
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France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the warCharles De Gaulle
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.Charles De Gaulle
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Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]Charles De Gaulle
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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.Charles De Gaulle
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.Charles De Gaulle
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.Charles De Gaulle
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Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.Charles De Gaulle
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action of one alone.Charles De Gaulle
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How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?Charles De Gaulle
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Faced with crisis the man of character falls back on himself.Charles De Gaulle
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Before such a prodigious career judgement is torn between blame and admiration.Charles De Gaulle
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How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?Charles De Gaulle
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.Charles De Gaulle
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The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an Empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of optimism pride hardness and cunning. But all these things will be forgiven him indeed they will be regarded as high qualities if he can make of them the means to achieve great ends.Charles De Gaulle
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I respect only those who resist me but cannot tolerate them.Charles De Gaulle
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.Charles De Gaulle
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Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism pride hardness and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him indeed they will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.Charles De Gaulle
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Since a politician never believes what he says he is surprised when others believe him.Charles De Gaulle
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.Charles De Gaulle
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It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.Charles De Gaulle
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In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.Charles De Gaulle
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The better I get to know men the more I find myself loving dogs.Charles De Gaulle
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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.Charles De Gaulle
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.Charles De Gaulle
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.Charles De Gaulle
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.Charles De Gaulle
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Old age is a shipwreck.Charles De Gaulle
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You'll live. Only the best get killed.Charles De Gaulle
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I was France.Charles De Gaulle
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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.Charles De Gaulle
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The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.Charles De Gaulle
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.Charles De Gaulle
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The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.Charles De Gaulle
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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.Charles De Gaulle
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.Charles De Gaulle
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.Charles De Gaulle
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?Charles De Gaulle
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.Charles De Gaulle
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.Charles De Gaulle