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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.

Charles de Gaulle

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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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Betrayal Country Election Necessary Politics
For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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Faith France Guide Rule
Never relinquish the initiative.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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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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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Feeling Policy Reality Side Worth
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Character Difficult Fulfill Himself Man
Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Digestion Influence Life Myself Reading
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?
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Face Greatness History Hope Love
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Ideas Life Myself
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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