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He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
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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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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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges that's the way he shows his passion for equality
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Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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