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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

Charles de Gaulle

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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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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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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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