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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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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Art Ideal Politics Reality Service
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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Day Death Evening Judgement Life Oneself Wait
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing
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
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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Judgement Leadership Narrow Ordinary People
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
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Action Function Oneself
You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Best Kill Live Yourself
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Advantage Choice Government
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
Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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Friendship Man State
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Agreement Girl Last Rose Young
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Belong Deep Man Myself
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Command Count Importance Man
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Paid Policy Risk War
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Myself Thinking

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