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The future does not belong to men.
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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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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I'm not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
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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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