Charles de Gaulle Quotes on Leadership
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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'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'.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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Nothing great is done without great men, and they are great because they wanted it.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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To General Jacques Massu : Alors Massu, toujours aussi con ? (So, Massu, still that stupid?)