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France cannot be France without greatness.
Charles de Gaulle was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France.
Statesman | French
Born: 1890-11-22 in Lille, France
Died: November 9, 1970 in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France
Old age is a shipwreck.
Charles de Gaulle
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Charles de Gaulle
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
Charles de Gaulle
It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
Charles de Gaulle
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
Charles de Gaulle
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
Charles de Gaulle
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Charles de Gaulle
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Charles de Gaulle
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Charles de Gaulle
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Charles de Gaulle
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
Charles de Gaulle
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Charles de Gaulle
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
Charles de Gaulle
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Charles de Gaulle
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de Gaulle
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
Charles de Gaulle
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de Gaulle
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Charles de Gaulle
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
Charles de Gaulle
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Charles de Gaulle
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
Charles de Gaulle
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
Charles de Gaulle
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
Charles de Gaulle