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" China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. "
Charles de Gaulle
China
Big
Chinese
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" No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent. "
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" Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. "
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" Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. "
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" Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. "
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" When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time. "
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" Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. "
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" Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. "
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" Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. "
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" I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French. "
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" I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. "
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" One cannot govern with 'buts'. "
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" Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last. "
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" I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. "
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" It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge. "
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" Never relinquish the initiative. "
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" When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself. "
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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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" 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 true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks. "
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" For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. "
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