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France has no friends, only interests.

Charles de Gaulle

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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
CHARLES DE GAULLE

Authority Charge Myself Respect
Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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Country Different Funny Oneself Togetherness Unity
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Dreams Glory Herself
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Character Face Fall Himself Man
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
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
You’ll live. Only the best get killed.
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Best Kill Live Yourself
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Country Face heavy Myself Togetherness Trial
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
It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Food Impossible Kind Nation
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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Choice Hard Inspirational Opponent Path Rival Way Yourself
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Country Independent
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Dumb Himself Joke Laughter
Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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Gold Government History Human Money Record
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Adapt Fast Strategy Yourself
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
No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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Feeling Policy Reality Side Worth
Character is the virtue of hard times.
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Character Hard Time Virtue
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Force Leadership Love Process Strong
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Adversity Bitter Himself Joy Responsibility Seek
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Climate Diplomat Rain
Old age is a shipwreck.
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Age Myself Old Perspective
These people really aim very badly.
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Bad Goal People
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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Achievement Determination Greatness Myself
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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History Man Myself Satisfaction Solitude Temptation Yourself
Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative

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