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" You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless. "
Charles de Gaulle
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" I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. "
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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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" I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously. "
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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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" 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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" Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. "
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" Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. "
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