A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer...

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer...