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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.

Charles de Gaulle

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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Action Function Oneself
These people really aim very badly.
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Bad Goal People
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Advantage Choice Government
I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Embarrassment Myself Revolution
It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Bad Better Choice Planning
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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Face Greatness History Hope Love
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
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Country Independent
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Build Image Nation Sword
It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Food Impossible Kind Nation
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Choice Hard Inspirational Opponent Path Rival Way Yourself
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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Angry Myself Right Time Wrong
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Character Difficult Fulfill Himself Man
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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Different Food Government Kind Nation Rule
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Agreement Girl Last Rose Young

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