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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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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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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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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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Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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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They really are bad shots.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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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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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
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It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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The cemetery is filled with indispensable men.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges that's the way he shows his passion for equality
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Deliberation is a function of the many action is the function of one.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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