Charles de Gaulle

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• Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

• The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.

• A man of Character finds an attractiveness in difficult, since it is through coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potenialities.

• Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

• When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.

• 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.

• Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

• You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

• You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

• When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

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