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One cannot govern with 'buts'.
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
Memoirist
Military Personnel
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was one cannot judge life until death.
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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Long live free Quebec!
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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