French - Leader | November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970
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
CharacterResponsibilityManAction
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
CountryChinaBigChineseMany
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
WorkDistanceAuthorityWithout
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
RisksChanceTrueTakeWillingWho
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
WorkAloneMenActionMany
Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
MeChurchSomeoneBackPlaceAnswer
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
CountryIndependentWithoutAtom
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
WeatherFairDrownDropOnlySoon
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
GloryAlwaysHerHerselfOnlyWho
One cannot govern with 'buts'.
CannotGovernButs
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