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" We are not here to laugh. "
Charles de Gaulle
Here
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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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" 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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" 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? "
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