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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.

Charles de Gaulle

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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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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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The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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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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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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