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> [France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-parkman/france-built-its-best-colony-on-a-principle-of-exclusion-and-failed/)

[Francis Parkman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-parkman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/francis-parkman-16945_built_france-built-its-best-colony-on-a-princi_476575.png)

> [France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/france-was-built-with-swords-the-fleur-de-lis-symbol-of-national/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

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