86 ordspråk av Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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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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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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All my life I have thought of France in a certain way.
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Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers? / O sweet content! / Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed? / O punishment!
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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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Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Brave shoemakers, all gentlemen of the gentle craft.
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China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
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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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Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
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