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The future does not belong to men.
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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Never relinquish the initiative.
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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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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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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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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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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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I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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