Georges Pompidou
Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidouwas Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968—the longest tenure in the position's history—and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974. He had long been a top aide to president Charles de Gaulle. As president, he was a moderate conservative who repaired France's relationship with the United States, and maintained positive relations with the newly-independent former colonies in Africa...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth5 July 1911
CityMontboudif, France
CountryFrance
Georges Pompidou quotes about
My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.
When I first arrived at the Matignon, my desire was to reconcile Parliament and De Gaulle. I had forgotten only two things. Parliament and De Gaulle.
He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.
The rest of the world cannot be expected to regulate its life by a clock which is always slow.
The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.
There are three way of courting ruin -- women, gambling, and calling in technicians.
There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest, but the third is the most certain.
Your city is remarkable not only for its beauty. It is also, of all the cities in the United States, the one whose name, the world over, conjures up the most visions and more than any other, incites one to dream.
A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.