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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.

Charles de Gaulle

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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Attraction Character Difficult Himself Man Potential Realization
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Advantage Choice Government
It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Food Impossible Kind Nation
Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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Gold Government History Human Money Record
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.
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Determination Fatal Freedom History Man Moments
France cannot be France without greatness.
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France Greatness One Liner
Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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Myself Past Prevent Return
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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History Man Myself Satisfaction Solitude Temptation Yourself
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Day Flame Myself Resistance Talk
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Death Grave Man
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
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Greatness Leadership Unknown
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Destiny Feeing Instrument Myself
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Authority Charge Myself Respect

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