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France has no friends, only interests.

Charles de Gaulle

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Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Character Difficult Fulfill Himself Man
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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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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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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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Death Grave Man
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
Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Authority Build Shelter Silence Strong Weakness
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Fall Grave Man Thinking World Yourself
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Bad Better Choice Planning
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
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Action Function Oneself
Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
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Digestion Influence Life Myself Reading
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

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