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When we were children, we often played war. We had a fine collection of lead soldiers. My brothers would take different countries: Xavier had Italy; Pierre, Germany. Or they would swap around. Well, I, gentlemen, always had France.
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No nation has friends only interests.
Charles de Gaulle
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Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.
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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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Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!
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Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
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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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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
Charles de Gaulle
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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I am retiring. I have a mission, and it is coming to an end … France may still one day need an image that is pure. She must be left this image. If Joan of Arc had married, she would no longer have been Joan of Arc.
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'Do you know that you have caused us more trouble than all the rest of our European allies?' 'I do not doubt it. France is a great power.'
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I am not ill. But do not worry, one day, I will certainly die.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Charles de Gaulle