You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

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

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

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...

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

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...

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution....

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution....