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" For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. "
Charles de Gaulle
Glory
Her
Herself
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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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Great Men
Men
Will
" I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. "
Charles de Gaulle
Serious
Politicians
Politics
" In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. "
Charles de Gaulle
Necessary
Politics
Either
" When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself. "
Charles de Gaulle
Want
Ask
France
" You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination. "
Charles de Gaulle
Think
You
Will
" When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time. "
Charles de Gaulle
Wrong
Right
Much
" It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge. "
Charles de Gaulle
Humanity
Death
Better
" Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. "
Charles de Gaulle
Matter
Politics
Serious
" 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. "
Charles de Gaulle
One Day
Day
Trials
" Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. "
Charles de Gaulle
Action
Character
Man
" The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. "
Charles de Gaulle
Aim
Leader
People
" In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. "
Charles de Gaulle
Politics
Politician
Master
" The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute. "
Charles de Gaulle
World
Absolute
Axis
" No nation has friends only interests. "
Charles de Gaulle
Nation
Interests
Friends
" Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. "
Charles de Gaulle
Alone
Men
Action
" Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. "
Charles de Gaulle
Ultimate
Silence
Weapon
" France cannot be France without greatness. "
Charles de Gaulle
Greatness
Cannot
Without
" Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last. "
Charles de Gaulle
Last
Like
Roses
" A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. "
Charles de Gaulle
Surprise
True
Always
" Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. "
Charles de Gaulle
Useful
Drop
Drown
" The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects. "
Charles de Gaulle
Always
Leadership
Great Leaders
" I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them. "
Charles de Gaulle
Cannot
Resist
Only
" You'll live. Only the best get killed. "
Charles de Gaulle
Only
You
Live
" I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. "
Charles de Gaulle
Had
France
Television
" 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. "
Charles de Gaulle
Reading
Lion
Me
" To govern is always to choose among disadvantages. "
Charles de Gaulle
Always
Govern
Choose
" The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. "
Charles de Gaulle
Willing
True
Who
" I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. "
Charles de Gaulle
Always
Charge
Authority
" One does not arrest Voltaire. "
Charles de Gaulle
Does
Arrest
Voltaire
" There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. "
Charles de Gaulle
Mystery
Contempt
Without