“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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"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."

- Charles de Gaulle

Love

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

- Charles de Gaulle

Compassion

"Old age is a shipwreck."

- Charles de Gaulle

Adversity

"I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French."

- Charles de Gaulle

Reflection

"How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?"

- Charles de Gaulle

Philosophy

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief