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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?

Charles de Gaulle

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Never relinquish the initiative.
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Dim Initiative
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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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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Master Myself Politics Servant
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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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
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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One cannot govern with ‘buts’.
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Governement Oneself
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
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Character Difficult Fulfill Himself Man
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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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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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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Decision Harmony Myself View
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Myself Resistance Respect Tolerance
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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Believe Himself Politics Quite Word

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