>>4654767No. Where Napoleon gave us most of our modern institutions and several law codes, Charles de Gaulle gave us our current constitution, an efficient presidential system and nukes to defend ourselves against the Russian menace. In his own words:
>Within ten years, we shall have the means to kill 80 million Russians. I truly believe that one does not light-heartedly attack people who are able to kill 80 million Russians, even if one can kill 800 million French, that is if there were 800 million French. 
