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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.

Charles de Gaulle

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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Governement Oneself
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Ideas Life Myself
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Choice Hard Inspirational Opponent Path Rival Way Yourself
You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Best Kill Live Yourself
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Better Love Man Myself
Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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Country Different Funny Oneself Togetherness Unity
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Character Face Fall Himself Man
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Conclusion Important Myself Politics Serious
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Power Silence Ultimate Weapon Wisdom
Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Genius Stop Time
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing
Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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Favor Myself Talk Travel
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Agreement Girl Last Rose Young
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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History Man Myself Satisfaction Solitude Temptation Yourself
Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Character Hard Time Virtue
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Alone Bad Fate Hard Time Leadership
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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Love Nation Patriot People Yourself
I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Death Myself Thankful
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
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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Different Food Government Kind Nation Rule
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
These people really aim very badly.
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Bad Goal People
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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Achievement Determination Greatness Myself
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Authority Build Shelter Silence Strong Weakness
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
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Generosity Skin Soul Start Yourself
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Day Death Evening Judgement Life Oneself Wait

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