Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Charles De Gaulle
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  2. How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

  3. I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

  4. France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war

  5. Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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