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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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Charles de Gaulle
Age: 79 †
Born: 1890
Born: November 22
Died: 1970
Died: November 9
Former President Of The French Republic
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie 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.]
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Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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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.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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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.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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