Quote #9

'A foreign military leader whose daring was feared by those who profited by it.' De Gaulle said that MacArthur's critics should 'pay deserved tribute to the legendary service of a great soldier'.

More from Charles de Gaulle

  1. 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.
  2. I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
  3. At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
  4. Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
  5. France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war.
  6. No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
  7. Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.
  8. How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?

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