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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.

Charles de Gaulle

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Old age is a shipwreck.
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Age Myself Old Perspective
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
I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Embarrassment Myself Revolution
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Climate Diplomat Rain
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Belong Deep Man Myself
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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Achievement Endeavour Leadership Remember
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
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Character Difficult Fulfill Himself Man
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Paid Policy Risk War
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 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
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
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Action Function Oneself
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
These people really aim very badly.
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Bad Goal People

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