“Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to honour and honesty can end up, at the end of the line, as a good political decision.”

—  Charles de Gaulle

Tout peut, un jour, arriver, même qu'un acte conforme à l'honneur et à l'honnêteté apparaisse en fin de compte, comme un bon placement politique.
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