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Charles de Gaulle

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“Old age is a shipwreck.”— 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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“You'll live. Only the best get killed.”— Charles de Gaulle
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“It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.”— 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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“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?”— 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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“The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.”— 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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“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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“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.”— 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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“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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“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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“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.”— 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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“I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.”— Charles de Gaulle
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“I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.”— Charles de Gaulle
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“France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.”— Charles de Gaulle
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“Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.”— Charles de Gaulle