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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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
Memoirist
Military Personnel
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Rijsel
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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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.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was one cannot judge life until death.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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.
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China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
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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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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.
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Deliberation is a function of the many action is the function of one.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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I'm not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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You'll live. Only the best get killed.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself
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