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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

Charles de Gaulle

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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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Love Nation Patriot People Yourself
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 policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Feeling Policy Reality Side Worth
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Command Count Importance Man
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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Civilization Freedom Leisure Root Work
I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Death Myself Thankful
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Paid Policy Risk War
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Greatness Leadership Unknown
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
You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Best Kill Live Yourself
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Adversity Bitter Himself Joy Responsibility Seek
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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Achievement Endeavour Leadership Remember
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
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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Content Effect Leadership Man Management Ordinary
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Death Grave Man
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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Action Character Crisis Face Himself Responsibility

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