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
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which even greater mechanized forces will bring us victory. Therein lies the destiny of the world.
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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.
For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
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.
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
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.