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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Charles de Gaulle

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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
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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Myself Past Prevent Return
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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Army Brilliant Mistake Planning Victory
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
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
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
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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Action Character Crisis Face Himself Responsibility
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Decision Harmony Myself View
A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Attraction Character Difficult Himself Man Potential Realization
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
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
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Power Silence Ultimate Weapon Wisdom
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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Conclusion Important Myself Politics Serious
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Annoy Country Creation Invention
Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Oneself Risk True Willing

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