A DE GAULLE SAMPLER: Reflections on Men and Events

France. "The emotional side of me tends to imagine France, like the princess in the fairy stories or the Madonna in the frescoes, as dedicated to an exalted and exceptional destiny. Instinctively I have the feeling that Providence has created her either for complete successes or for exemplary misfortunes ... In short, to my mind, France cannot be France without greatness."

General & Artists. "A military leader, in conceiving his plans, undergoes an experience analogous to that of the creative artist. The latter does not cease to use intelligence. He draws upon it for examples, procedures, knowledge. But creation itself...

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