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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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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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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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Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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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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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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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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