Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
CHARLES DE GAULLEHow can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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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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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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Old age is a shipwreck.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
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Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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These people really aim very badly.
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Never relinquish the initiative.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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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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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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