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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.

Charles de Gaulle

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Old age is a shipwreck.
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The future does not belong to men.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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