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
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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.
Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.
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.
What do you take me for, an idiot?
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.
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
The leader is always alone before bad fates.