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Never relinquish the initiative.

Charles de Gaulle

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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Paid Policy Risk War
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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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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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Country Independent
The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Build Ego Hard Perfection Pride
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Alone Country Friendship Greatness Name Worth
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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Death Hero Humanity Possible Sacrifice Tolerance
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Force Leadership Love Process Strong
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Authority Distance Work
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Feeling Policy Reality Side Worth

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