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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.

Charles de Gaulle

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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Paid Policy Risk War
These people really aim very badly.
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Bad Goal People
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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Alone Bad Fate Hard Time Leadership
It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Action Function Oneself
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Authority Build Shelter Silence Strong Weakness
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Greatness Leadership Unknown
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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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
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 respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Myself Resistance Respect Tolerance
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Country Independent
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
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Art Ideal Politics Reality Service
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Adapt Fast Strategy Yourself

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