"Vous mettez très bien en lumière ce qu'il y a de profond et d'étendu dans la pensée du grand philosophe de la politique..."

Autograph letter dated and signed by Charles De Gaulle, 25 lines in blue ink, congratulating his correspondent on his latest works devoted to Rivarol and Choderlos de Laclos.
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General de Gaulle praises Ivan Loiseau for the accuracy of his analyses: "Laissez-moi vous dire que votre chapitre sur Machiavel et Rivarol devant le problème constitutionnel m'a particulièrement frappé..." ["Allow me to tell you that your chapter on Machiavelli and Rivarol facing the constitutional problem particularly struck me..."] as well as his portraits: "Quant à Laclos, vous le montrez comme il faut et pas comme, le plus souvent, on se le représente. Or, il n'y a qu'à y gagner." ["As for Laclos, you show him as he should be and not as he is most often represented. And there is only gain in that."]