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Treaties are like roses and yo...

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

You may be sure that the Ameri...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Greatness is a road leading to...

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I...

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.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

I might have had trouble savin...

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

The great leaders have always ...

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

The true statesman is the one ...

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

When I want to know what Franc...

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Once upon a time there was an ...

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

In the tumult of men and event...

In 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?

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

As an adolescent I was convinc...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Faced with crisis, the man of ...

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

History does not teach fatalis...

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.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

What do you take me for, an id...

What do you take me for, an idiot?

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

We may go to the moon, but tha...

We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Leaders of men are later remem...

Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Nothing more enhances authorit...

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 pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools. To speak is to . . . dissipate one's strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of one's thoughts.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

They really are bad shots....

They really are bad shots.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Today we are crushed by the sh...

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 even greater mechanized forces will bring us victory. Therein lies the destiny of the world.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

Love is the strongest force th...

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Sharle de Gaulle 199 quotes

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