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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.

Charles de Gaulle

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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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When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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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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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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France has no friends, only interests.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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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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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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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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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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