Charles De Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. Following the Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President René Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister. He commissioned a new constitution which was approved by voters in a referendum, establishing the Fifth Republic. He was subsequently elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. He is widely regarded as the greatest Frenchman of the 20th century.
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Deliberation is the function of the many; action is the function of one.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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How do you govern a country which has 246 different kinds of cheese?
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How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese.
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
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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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses?