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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

Charles de Gaulle

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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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These people really aim very badly.
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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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