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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Old France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal! ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The evolution toward Communism is inevitable. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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She was beautiful and lithe, with soft skin the color of bread and eyes like green almonds, and she had straight black hair that reached to her shoulders, and an aura of antiquity that could just as well have been Indonesian as Andean. She was dressed with subtle taste: a lynx jacket, a raw silk blouse with very delicate flowers, natural linen trousers, and shoes with a narrow stripe the color of bougainvillea. 'This is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen,' I thought, when I saw her pass by with the stealthy stride of a lioness, while I waited in the check-in line at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for the plane to New York. ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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These people really aim very badly. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Chapter One The weather in Paris was unusually warm as Peter Haskell's plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The plane taxied neatly to the gate, and a few minutes later, briefcase in hand, Peter was striding through the airport. He was almost smiling as he got on the customs line, despite the heat of the day and the number of people crowding ahead of him in line. Peter Haskell loved Paris. He generally traveled to Europe ~ Danielle Steel
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Ask him about the cemeteries, Dean!"
In 1966 upon being told that President Charles DeGaulle had taken France out of NATO and that all U.S. troops must be evacuated off of French soil President Lyndon Johnson mentioned to Secretary of State Dean Rusk that he should ask DeGaulle about the Americans buried in France. Dean implied in his answer that that DeGaulle should not really be asked that in the meeting at which point President Johnson then told Secretary of State Dean Rusk:
"Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!"
That made it into a Presidential Order so he had to ask President DeGaulle.
So at end of the meeting Dean did ask DeGaulle if his order to remove all U.S. troops from French soil also included the 60,000+ soldiers buried in France from World War I and World War II.
DeGaulle, embarrassed, got up and left and never answered. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec! ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The cemetery is filled with indispensable men. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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And who is the hero of that story? Who slew the dragon [totalitarianism]? Yes, it was the ordinary man, the taxpayer, the grunt who fought and won the wars. Yes, it was America and its allies. Yes, it was the great leaders: FDR, de Gaulle, Adenauer, Truman, John Paul II, Thatcher, Reagan. But above all, victory required one man without whom the fight would have been lost at the beginning. It required Winston Churchill. ~ Charles Krauthammer
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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? ~ Charles De Gaulle
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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. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The more I get to know men, the more I love dogs. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality ~ Charles De Gaulle
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You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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In order to be the master, the politician poses as the servant. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Nobody can easily bring together a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese' (Charles de Gaulle, 1961 speech) ~ Mark Kurlansky
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Chanel, General De Gaulle and Picasso are the three most important figures of our time. ~ Andre Malraux
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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a 'third force,' independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course. ~ Noam Chomsky
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Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator ? ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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What I do see, for instance, is that the French are not very happy with the ... I am happy but they are not and I understand why they are not happy. They still believe in some nuclear strategic formulas which they have inherited from General De Gaulle and they have started the process of rethinking, they haven't gone very far. ~ Helmut Schmidt
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The future does not belong to men ... ~ Charles De Gaulle
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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. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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One must speak little. In action one must say nothing. The chief is the one who does not speak. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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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. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I'm not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The actor, like the modern man of reason, must have his place determined and his lines memorized before he goes on stage. (...) The public itself has been soothed to such an extent by scripted debates imbued with theoretically "right" answers that it no longer seems to respond positively to arguments which create doubt. Real doubt creates real fear. (...)
De Gaulle found a sensible compromise, given the times. He reserved his public thinking for the printed page and on those pages he allowed himself to ask fundamental questions. But when he spoke, it was either with reason or with emotion - that is to say, with answers or with mythology. He divided himself between the man of letters, who knows how to live with doubt, and the man of state, who is the epitome of certainty. the brilliance of this approach could be seen in the frustration and sometimes fury of the opposing elites.
The truism today is that mythological figures and men of power should not think in public. They should limit themselves to affirming truths. Stars, after all, are rarely equipped to engage in public debate. They would abhor the idea that the proper way to deal with confusion in society is to increase that confusion by asking uncomfortable questions until the source of the difficulties is exposed. ~ John Ralston Saul
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Finding a taxi, she felt like a child pressing her nose to the window of a candy store as she watched the changing vista pass by while the twilight descended and the capital became bathed in a translucent misty lavender glow. Entering the city from that airport was truly unique. Charles de Gaulle, built nineteen miles north of the bustling metropolis, ensured that the final point of destination was veiled from the eyes of the traveller as they descended. No doubt, the officials scrupulously planned the airport's location to prevent the incessant air traffic and roaring engines from visibly or audibly polluting the ambience of their beloved capital, and apparently, they succeeded. If one flew over during the summer months, the visitor would be visibly presented with beautifully managed quilt-like fields of alternating gold and green appearing as though they were tilled and clipped with the mathematical precision of a slide rule. The countryside was dotted with quaint villages and towns that were obviously under meticulous planning control. When the aircraft began to descend, this prevailing sense of exactitude and order made the visitor long for an aerial view of the capital city and its famous wonders, hoping they could see as many landmarks as they could before they touched ground, as was the usual case with other major international airports, but from this point of entry, one was denied a glimpse of the city below. Green fields, villages, more fields, the ground grew closer ~ E.A. Bucchianeri
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Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men. ~ Donald Rumsfeld
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We are not here to laugh. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far! ~ Charles De Gaulle
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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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[Charles de Gaulle] has been abysmally careless, like a man running a bus over mountains, who forgot to equip it with good brakes. ~ Janet Flanner
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I wholeheartedly welcomed Charles de Gaulle eulogy of French valour, to which he attributed the liberation of Paris. ~ Coco Chanel
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France has no friends, only interests. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Old age is a shipwreck. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny ..Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Gen. de Gaulle is only concerned about history, and no jury can dictate the judgment of history. Georges Pompidou ~ Mark Kurlansky
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The leader is always alone before bad fates. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we will ever give him credit for. ~ Judy LaMarsh
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money. (On Vietnam War) ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The presidency is temporary - but the family is permanent. ~ Yvonne De Gaulle
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He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world. ~ Coco Chanel
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The weather in Paris was unusually warm as Peter Haskell's plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The plane taxied neatly to the gate, and a few minutes later, briefcase in hand, Peter was striding through the airport. He was almost smiling as he got on the customs line, despite the heat of the day and the number of people crowding ahead of him in line. Peter Haskell loved Paris. ~ Danielle Steel
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Now we are intimately locked together. You get swine flu in Mexico; it's a problem for Charles de Gaulle Airport 24 hours later. Lehman Brothers goes down; the whole lot collapses. There are fires in the steppes of Russia; food riots in Africa. ~ Paddy Ashdown
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One does not arrest Voltaire. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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General [De Gaulle], you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies ~ Clementine Churchill
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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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. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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One cannot govern with 'buts'. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools. To speak is to ... dissipate one's strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of one's thoughts. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Hercules King of Rome and of Annemark, three times one surnamed de Gaulle will lead, Italy and the one of St. Mark to tremble, first monarch, renowned above all. ~ Nostradamus
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Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I was chef to the French Presidents between '56 and '59, finished with de Gaulle, and during de Gaulle I remember serving Eisenhower, Nehru, Tito, Macmillan; those were the heads of state at the time. I never saw anyone. No one would ever, ever, ever come to the kitchen. You couldn't even see them. ~ Jacques Pepin
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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No nation has friends only interests. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese? ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when that boy grew up, he began to uncover things. We began to legitimately ask the question, 'What exactly did our parents do during the Occupation?' We discovered it was not the story they were telling us. ~ Jacques Audiard
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For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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My favourite novel is Frederick Forsythe's Day Of The Jackal, the story about the unproven case of this apparent Englishman who was hired to assassinate De Gaulle.... ~ Charles Kennedy
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Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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You'll live. Only the best get killed. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The sergeants are shunted forward and they blink and stare up at Gonzo as he leans on the edge of his giant mixing bowl. MacArthur never addressed his troops from a mixing bowl
not even one made from a spare geodesic radio emplacement shell
and certainly de Gaulle never did. But Gonzo Lubitsch does, and he does it as if a whole long line of commanders were standing at his shoulder, urging him on.
"Gentlemen," says Gonzo softly, "holidays are over. I need an oven, and I need one in about twenty minutes, or these fine flapjacks will go to waste, and that is not happening."
And something about this statement and the voice in which he says it makes it clear that this is simply true. One way or another, this thing will get done. Under a layer of grime and horror, these two are soldiers, and more, they are productive, can-do sorts of people. Rustily but with a gratitude which is not so far short of worship, they say "Yes, sir" and are about their business. ~ Nick Harkaway
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Never relinquish the initiative. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Recalled Sir Edward Spears, the wartime liaison between Churchill and de Gaulle. We had 15,000 French sailors at Liverpool. I went to speak to them. I tried to persuade them to continue the fighting. Impossible ... ~ Charles Kaiser
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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They really are bad shots. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously. ~ Charles De Gaulle
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The Jackal was perfectly aware that in 1963 General de Gaulle was not only the President of France; he was also the most closely and skilfully guarded figure in the Western world. To assassinate him, as was later proved, was considerably more difficult than to kill President John F. Kennedy of the United States. Although the English killer did not know it, French security experts who had through American courtesy been given an opportunity to study the precautions taken to guard the life of President Kennedy had returned somewhat disdainful of those precautions as exercised by the American Secret Service. The French experts rejection of the American methods was later justified when in November 1963 John Kennedy was killed in Dallas by a half-crazed and security-slack amateur while Charles de Gaulle lived on, to retire in peace and eventually to die in his own home. ~ Frederick Forsyth
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