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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.
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We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.
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He that commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.
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Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.
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Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.
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"A foreign military leader whose daring was feared by those who profited by it." De Gaulle said that macarthur's critics should "pay deserved tribute to the legendary service of a great soldier".
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Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace, but a peace, I hope, with honour which may satisfy our Sovereign, and tend to the welfare of the country.
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The destiny of the world is here. I, General de Gaulle, currently in London, invite the officers and the French soldiers who are located in British territory or who would come there, with their weapons or without their weapons, I invite the engineers and the special workers of armament industries who are located in British territory or who would come there, to put themselves in contact with me.
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War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
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Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.
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