Charles de Gaulle was the man seen by many French people to have been their true leader in World War Two. As a boy Charles de
Gaulle already showed a passionate interest in military and was educated on the history of France and military operations at a young age.
He chose a military career and served with distinction in World War One. Later he was a French general and statesman, leader of
the Free French during World War Two and the architect of the Fifth Republic. His political ideology, 'Gaullism', has become a major influence in French politics .
Charles de Gaulle brought up proud of his heritage and the dream of the greatness of France.
(1890 - 1970)
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
Never relinquish the initiative.
~ Charles De Gaulle
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
~ Charles De Gaulle
No nation has friends only interests.
~ 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
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
~ Charles De Gaulle
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
~ Charles De Gaulle
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
~ Charles De Gaulle
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
~ Charles De Gaulle
France cannot be France without greatness.
~ 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
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
~ Charles De Gaulle
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
~ Charles De Gaulle
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
~ Charles De Gaulle
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
~ Charles De Gaulle
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
~ Charles De Gaulle
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
~ Charles De Gaulle
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
~ Charles De Gaulle
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
~ Charles De Gaulle
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
~ Charles De Gaulle
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
~ Charles De Gaulle
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.
~ 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
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
~ Charles De Gaulle
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
~ Charles De Gaulle
We are not here to laugh.
~ Charles De Gaulle
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
~ Charles De Gaulle
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
~ Charles De Gaulle
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest military commanders and a risk taking gambler.
He climbed rank quickly in the armed forces due to his familial connections and his uncanny military knowledge, which he gained
through dedicated reading. He also was influenced by the writings of Voltaire and did not practice much in the way of religion.
One of the greatest military leaders in history and emperor of France, he conquered much of Europe.
In the history of Europe and the world he is recorded as twice-emperor of France whose military endeavors and sheer personality
dominated Europe in person for a decade, and in thought for a century.
(1769 - 1821)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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