Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese. (Charles de Gaulle)

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.

Charles de Gaulle

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