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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

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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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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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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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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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France has no friends, only interests.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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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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Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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