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Justice which does not bear a sword beside its scales soon falls into ridicule.

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Since those whose duty it was to hold the sword of France have let it fall, I have picked up its broken point.

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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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Since they whose duty it was to wield the sword of France have let it fall shattered to the ground, I have taken up the broken blade.

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The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

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Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle
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Born: November 22, 1890
Died: November 9, 1970 (aged 79)
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