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We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
Charles de Gaulle
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Charles de Gaulle
Age: 79 †
Born: 1890
Born: November 22
Died: 1970
Died: November 9
Former President Of The French Republic
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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No, I'm not talking about the Russians I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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