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Charles de Gaulle
1890 – 1970 • French • Leader
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Showing 58 quotesI have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.— Charles de Gaulle
Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.— 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
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
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.— 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
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I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.— Charles de Gaulle