More from Charles de Gaulle

  1. Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
  2. Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
  3. I am not ill. But do not worry, one day, I will certainly die.
  4. The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur cannot be divided.
  5. How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?
  6. Nothing great is done without great men, and they are great because they wanted it.
  7. No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
  8. France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.

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