Charles De Gaulle

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"France cannot be France without greatness."	Politics
"A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends."	Government
"When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself."	Government
"You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination."	Politics
"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."	Government
"Roosevelt, a false witness; Truman, a merchant; Eisenhower, I am told that on the golf links he is better [with a putter] than he is with the long shots and that doesn't surprise me; Kennedy, the style of a hairdresser's assistant-he combed his way through problems; Johnson, a truck driver or a stevedore-or a legionnaire."	Government
"Old age is a shipwreck."	Wisdom
"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."	Politics
"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."	Politics
"How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?"	Humor
"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."	God, Stupidity
"I was France."	Government
"I was France."	Politics
"France cannot be France without greatness."	Government
"Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation."	Government
"Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation."	Politics
"The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed."	Government
"The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed."	Politics
"The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects."	Government
"The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects."	Politics
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