French - Leader | November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Charles de Gaulle
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No nation has friends only interests.
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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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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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.
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