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France has no friends, only interests.

Charles de Gaulle

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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Action Function Oneself
I’m not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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Embarrassment Myself Revolution
For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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Faith France Guide Rule
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Action Alone Man Oneself Work
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Myself Resistance Respect Tolerance
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.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Action Character Crisis Face Himself Responsibility
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
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Myself Thinking
The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Build Ego Hard Perfection Pride
Old age is a shipwreck.
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Age Myself Old Perspective
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Art Ideal Politics Reality Service
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Conclusion Important Myself Politics Serious
The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Communism Evolution Inevitable
In politics it is necessary either to betray one’s country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Betrayal Country Election Necessary Politics
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
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Destiny Feeing Instrument Myself
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Advantage Choice Government

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