There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIn order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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