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Charles de Gaulle

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Treaties are like roses and young girls — they last while they last.

Charles de Gaulle

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If I live, I will fight, wherever I must, as long as I must, until the enemy is defeated and the national stain washed clean.

Charles de Gaulle

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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve.

Charles de Gaulle

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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Charles de Gaulle

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Since those whose duty it was to hold the sword of France have let it fall, I have picked up its broken point.

Charles de Gaulle

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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

Charles de Gaulle

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I always thought I was Jeanne d’Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

Charles de Gaulle

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