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 have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
The future does not belong to men...
He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Never relinquish the initiative.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Character is the virtue of hard times.
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.
Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.