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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

Charles de Gaulle

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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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Country Habit Marriage Old Time
It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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Bad Better
How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Country Food Himself System Variety
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Adapt Fast Strategy Yourself
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
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Better Love Man Myself
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Myself Resistance Respect Tolerance
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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Authority Distance Work
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Advantage Choice Government
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
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Agreement Girl Last Rose Young
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Alone Bad Fate Hard Time Leadership
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Choice Hard Inspirational Opponent Path Rival Way Yourself
It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Food Impossible Kind Nation
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Build Image Nation Sword
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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Alone Country Friendship Greatness Name Worth
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
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Generosity Skin Soul Start Yourself
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
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Death Grave Man
Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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Beyond Commitment Imagination Stupidity Yourself
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Country Face heavy Myself Togetherness Trial
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
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
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Belong Deep Man Myself
I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Death Mindset Myself Patriot
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Answer Myself Question Ready

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