Character is the virtue of hard times.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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.
Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]
No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)
Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Never relinquish the initiative.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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