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 great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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.