Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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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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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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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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The future does not belong to men.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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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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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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