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

Charles de Gaulle

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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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