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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

Charles de Gaulle

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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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