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...power in 1958. "Since a politician never believes what he says," he once mused, "he is absolutely nonplussed when he is taken at his word." At a Gaullist rally in 1956, an orator demanded death for the leaders of the Fourth Republic, repeating for De Gaulle's benefit: "Mon general, we must kill all those asses." Nodded De Gaulle: "A vast program.'' After his election, when the President decided to fire some balky Cabinet ministers, Premier Michel Debre pointed out the hardships they would face when they returned to ordinary life. "Come, come," interrupted De Gaulle. "They...
...soldiers. Xavier had Italy. Pierre had Germany. And I, gentlemen-I always had France." Even at the lowest ebb of the war, a Free French officer who was poring over a map of occupied Europe heard the general's high, familiar voice at his shoulder: "Wasting your time, mon vieux. You'd do better studying a map of the world." Another officer in London asked De Gaulle to be more generous in sharing intelligence reports of the enemy's plans. "See here!" barked the general. "To win, it is not enough to know what the enemy wants...