Charles de Gaulle quotes

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. (Charles de Gaulle)
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. View quote
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How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese. View quote
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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You'll live. Only the best get killed. View quote
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself. View quote
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France cannot be France without greatness. View quote
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France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war. View quote
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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. (Charles de Gaulle)
France has no friends, only interests. View quote
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. View quote
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent. View quote
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them. View quote
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality. View quote
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot. View quote
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none. View quote
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. View quote
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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. View quote
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Character is the virtue of hard times. (Charles de Gaulle)
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. View quote
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Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world. View quote
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone. View quote
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. View quote
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