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
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality
I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.