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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

Charles de Gaulle

No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Business Myself Talk
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?
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Face Greatness History Hope Love
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Action Character Crisis Face Himself Responsibility
Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Genius Stop Time
One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Dangerous Nation Oneself Production Simplicity Threat
It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Food Impossible Kind Nation
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Greatness Leadership Unknown
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Breathe Element Excitement Leadership Public Surprise True
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Alone Bad Fate Hard Time Leadership
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Build Ego Hard Perfection Pride
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Day Flame Myself Resistance Talk
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Climate Diplomat Rain
Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Fall Grave Man Thinking World Yourself
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Difficult Potential Realization
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Belong Deep Man Myself
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Agreement Girl Last Rose Young

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