A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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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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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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