Eugène Fromentin (1820–1876) French painter
Quote from Three Nineteenth-Century French Writer/Artists & the Maghreb; Günther Narr, Verlag Tübingen, 1994, p. 51
“Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.”
La politique, quand elle est un art et un service, non point une exploitation, c'est une action pour un idéal à travers des réalités. <br class="br">Press conference, June 30 1955 <br class="br">Fifth Republic and other post-WW2 <br class="br">Source: "Le Général de Gaulle et la construction de l'Europe" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wg4ZAQAAIAAJ (1967), pg 33. note: 1950s
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