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
What do you take me for, an idiot?
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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.
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?
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
France cannot be France without greatness.
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.
Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.