Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
CHARLES DE GAULLEA 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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These people really aim very badly.
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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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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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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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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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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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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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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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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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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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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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