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

Charles de Gaulle

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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Country Food Funny Government Yourself
In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Betrayal Country Election Necessary Politics
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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Judgement Leadership Narrow Ordinary People
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Death Mindset Myself Patriot
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Alone Country Friendship Greatness Name Worth
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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Enjoyment Equality Himself Passion Privilege
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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Country Different Funny Oneself Togetherness Unity
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Character Difficult Fulfill Himself Man
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
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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Favor Myself Talk Travel
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Power Silence Ultimate Weapon Wisdom
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Action Alone Man Oneself Work
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Generosity Skin Soul Start Yourself
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing
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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