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Charles-André-Joseph-Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970), in France commonly referred to as le général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. During World War II, he reached the rank of Brigade General and then became the leader of the Forces Françaises Libres ("FFL" — the "Free French Forces"). Between 1944 and 1946, following the liberation of France from German occupation, he was head of the French provisional government. Called to form a government in 1958, he inspired a new constitution and was the Fifth Republic's first president, serving from 1958 to 1969.
Charles De Gaulle Quotes:
Charles De Gaulle Quotes
1. The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
― Charles de Gaulle
2. Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
― Charles de Gaulle
3. You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
― Charles de Gaulle
4. He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
― Charles de Gaulle
5. There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
― Charles de Gaulle
6. You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
― Charles de Gaulle
7. History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
― Charles de Gaulle
8. When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.
― Charles de Gaulle
9. It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
― Charles de Gaulle
10. The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.
― Charles de Gaulle
11. Character is the virtue of hard times.
― Charles de Gaulle
12. France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.
― Charles de Gaulle
13. Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
― Charles de Gaulle
14. Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
― Charles de Gaulle
15. Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
― Charles de Gaulle
16. I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them.
― Charles de Gaulle
17. Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
― Charles de Gaulle
18. Old age is a shipwreck.
― Charles de Gaulle
19. Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
― Charles de Gaulle
20. No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
― Charles de Gaulle
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