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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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Deliberation is a function of the many action is the function of one.
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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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One cannot govern with 'buts'.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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They really are bad shots.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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France has no friends, only interests.
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As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
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It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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One does not arrest Voltaire.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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I cannot prevent the French from being French
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The cemetery is filled with indispensable men.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Long live free Quebec!
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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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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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