How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- De Gaulle questions governance efficiency citing France's vast cheese variety.
- In plain terms
- How do you govern a country with 246 cheese types?
- What can you take from it?
- Diversity can complicate governance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What cultural trait complicates your work?
- How do you unify diverse groups?
Another view
Cheese diversity is symbolic and may not reflect actual political complexity.
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