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
The cabinet has no propositions to make, but orders to give.
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]
Brave shoemakers, all gentlemen of the gentle craft.
The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war! (Proclamation, 18 June 1940)
China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there Former French President Charles De Gaulle
Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
The best of men / That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer, / A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, / The first true gentleman that ever breathed.
It is very quiet here. Most passengers changed their plans,
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.