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" I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. "

Charles de Gaulle

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" Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. "

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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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" 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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" I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously. "

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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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