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France has no friends, only interests.

Charles de Gaulle

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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
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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Judgement Leadership Narrow Ordinary People
No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Feeling Policy Reality Side Worth
I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Death Myself Thankful
These people really aim very badly.
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Bad Goal People
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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Enjoyment Equality Himself Passion Privilege
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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Country Habit Marriage Old Time
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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Art Ideal Politics Reality Service
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Country Independent
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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Favor Myself Talk Travel
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Action Alone Man Oneself Work
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
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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Breed Familiar Mystery Pride
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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Authority Charge Myself Respect
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Command Count Importance Man
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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Different Food Government Kind Nation Rule

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