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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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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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The cemetery is filled with indispensable men.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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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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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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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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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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These people really aim very badly.
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