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"When Malraux asked him which historical
character he would compare himself to – Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Louis XIV?
– de Gaulle replied: ‘My only rival is Tintin!
We are the small who refuse to allow ourselves to be cheated by the big.
Only, no one notices the similarity because of my size.’"
— Jun 19, 2026 01:00PM
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character he would compare himself to – Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Louis XIV?
– de Gaulle replied: ‘My only rival is Tintin!
We are the small who refuse to allow ourselves to be cheated by the big.
Only, no one notices the similarity because of my size.’"
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I did not realise how much De Gaule "ruffled many feathers" internationally 1966-1967. He threatened to leave NATO, created an"issue" but announcing in 1967 at the World Fair in Quebec "Vive Le Quebec libre"! De Gaulle still vetoed UK's 2nd attempt to enter European Common Market. Even his advisors were whispering that De Gaulle is "cinglë"....off his rocker!
— Jun 19, 2026 07:45AM
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Charles de Gaulle and Jacques Foccart:
In Africa "...everything had to change so that everything would remain the same."
— Jun 18, 2026 12:39PM
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In Africa "...everything had to change so that everything would remain the same."
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Book is excellent and I've learned more about history/diplomacy in the years 1960s-1968s France, UK, Germany and USA:
bitter history b/t UK and France W II still solders -- UK is desperate to enter European Common Market...De Gaulle is implacable, NO! Nuclear weapons...who has them? who wants them?
— Jun 17, 2026 08:44AM
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bitter history b/t UK and France W II still solders -- UK is desperate to enter European Common Market...De Gaulle is implacable, NO! Nuclear weapons...who has them? who wants them?
