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" In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History? "

Charles de Gaulle

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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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" When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself. "

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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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" One cannot govern with 'buts'. "

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" I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro. "

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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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" France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war. "

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" The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. "

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" In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. "

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" You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul. "

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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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" Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last. "

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