Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFaced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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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.
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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The future does not belong to men.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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