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Quotes by Charles de Gaulle

"How do you govern a country which has 246 different kinds of cheese?"
By Charles De Gaulle
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"How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese."
By Charles de Gaulle
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"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
By 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."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her."
By Charles de Gaulle
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"To govern is always to choose among disadvantages."
By Charles de Gaulle
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"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
By 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."
By 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 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 of them the means to achieve great ends."
By Charles de Gaulle
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"Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness of a road leading towards the unknown."
By 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."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Mtro."
By 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."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"As an adolescent ... I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted i"
By Charles De Gaulle
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"I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money. (On Vietnam War)"
By 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."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses"
By Charles De Gaulle
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"For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her."
By Charles De Gaulle
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"How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese"
By Charles De Gaulle
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