Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French military general and statesman. He was the leader of Free Franceand the head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic. In 1958, he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the 18th President of France, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. He was the dominant figure of France during the Cold War era and his memory continues to influence...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 November 1890
CityLille, France
CountryFrance
I cannot prevent the French from being French
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
France has no friends, only interests.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]
No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!