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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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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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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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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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.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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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.
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It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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You'll live. Only the best get killed.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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