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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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Speech, November 25 1941. Quoted in de Gaulle: "La France n'a pas perdu la guerre: discours et messages", pg 114

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France cannot be France without greatness.

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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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Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.

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