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
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
They really are bad shots.
I myself have become a Gaullist only little by little.
Long live free Quebec!
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.