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"The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute."
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"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."
"Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so."
"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?"
"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."
"When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time."
"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."
"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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