France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
CHARLES DE GAULLEIt’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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