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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.

Charles de Gaulle

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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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Friendship Man State
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Ideas Life Myself
Old age is a shipwreck.
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Age Myself Old Perspective
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
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Alone Country Friendship Greatness Name Worth
No, I’m not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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Business Myself Talk
Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Action Alone Man Oneself Work
France has no friends, only interests.
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Friendship Interest Selfish
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Army Brilliant Mistake Planning Victory
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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Digestion Influence Life Myself Reading
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
I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Death Mindset Myself Patriot
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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Country Habit Marriage Old Time
France cannot be France without greatness.
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France Greatness One Liner

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