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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.

Charles de Gaulle

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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Master Myself Politics Servant
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
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Country Food Funny Government Yourself
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Destiny Feeing Instrument Myself
One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Governement Oneself
A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Attraction Character Difficult Himself Man Potential Realization
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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Dangerous Nation Oneself Production Simplicity Threat
Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Fall Grave Man Thinking World Yourself
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Decision Harmony Myself View
France has no friends, only interests.
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Friendship Interest Selfish
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Authority Distance Work
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Choice Hard Inspirational Opponent Path Rival Way Yourself
France cannot be France without greatness.
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France Greatness One Liner
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Answer Myself Question Ready
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
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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Determination Fatal Freedom History Man Moments

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