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" France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war. "
Charles de Gaulle
She
Battle
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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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" 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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" Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last. "
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" One cannot govern with 'buts'. "
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" Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. "
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" Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. "
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" The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. "
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" I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. "
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" China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. "
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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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" Never relinquish the initiative. "
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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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" Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. "
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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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