One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
CHARLES DE GAULLEFrance cannot be France without greatness.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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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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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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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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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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