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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.

Charles de Gaulle

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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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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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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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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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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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