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
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.
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.
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.
For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!
No policy is worth anything outside of reality.