Charles de Gaulle Quotes on Politics
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Long live free Quebec!
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France has no friends, only interests!
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Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
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How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?
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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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The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur cannot be divided.
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The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
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Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to honour and honesty can end up, at the end of the line, as a good political decision.
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The government has no propositions to make, but orders to give.
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France cannot be France without greatness.
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How do they expect a one-party system to work in a country which has over 246 different kinds of cheese?
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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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In the name of policy, change your friends.
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Brazil is not a serious country.
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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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Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator ?
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Of course one can jump up and down yelling Europe ! Europe ! Europe ! But it amounts to nothing and it means nothing.