France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLEOnly 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.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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These people really aim very badly.
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No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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