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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

Charles de Gaulle

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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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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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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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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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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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