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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which even greater mechanized forces will bring us victory. Therein lies the destiny of the world.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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What do you take me for, an idiot?
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