A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
CHARLES DE GAULLEMy dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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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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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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