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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

Charles de Gaulle

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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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Myself Past Prevent Return
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Adapt Fast Strategy Yourself
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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Action Character Crisis Face Himself Responsibility
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
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Beyond Commitment Imagination Stupidity Yourself
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Answer Myself Question Ready
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Action Alone Man Oneself Work
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Climate Diplomat Rain
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
Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative
In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Betrayal Country Election Necessary Politics
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Achievement Endeavour Leadership Remember
I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Death Mindset Myself Patriot
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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Enjoyment Equality Himself Passion Privilege
Old age is a shipwreck.
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Age Myself Old Perspective
Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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Genius Stop Time
We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
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Discover Distance Far Greatness Lying Moon
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Country Food Funny Government Yourself
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Alone Bad Fate Hard Time Leadership
France cannot be France without greatness.
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France Greatness One Liner
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
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
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Better Love Man Myself
France has no friends, only interests.
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Friendship Interest Selfish
One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Governement Oneself
The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Communism Evolution Inevitable
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Action Function Oneself

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