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
Character is the virtue of hard times.
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Old age is a shipwreck.
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.