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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Charles de Gaulle

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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Believe Himself Politics Quite Word
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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Attraction Difficult Embrace Himself Realization
It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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Bad Better
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Build Image Nation Sword
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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Angry Myself Right Time Wrong
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Decision Harmony Myself View
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Adapt Fast Strategy Yourself
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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Achievement Endeavour Leadership Remember
No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Feeling Policy Reality Side Worth
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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Death Hero Humanity Possible Sacrifice Tolerance
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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Discover Distance Far Greatness Lying Moon
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
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Annoy Country Creation Invention
In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Betrayal Country Election Necessary Politics

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