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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

Charles de Gaulle

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France has no friends, only interests.
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Friendship Interest Selfish
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Paid Policy Risk War
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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Attraction Difficult Embrace Himself Realization
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
Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Fall Grave Man Thinking World Yourself
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Annoy Country Creation Invention
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Climate Diplomat Rain
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
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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Ideas Life Myself
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Death Grave Man
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Adversity Bitter Himself Joy Responsibility Seek
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
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Action Alone Man Oneself Work
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
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Character Face Fall Himself Man
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Country Independent

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