Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970)
In France commonly referred to as le général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman.
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to honour and honesty can end up, at the end of the line, as a good political decision.
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur cannot be divided.
France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
France has no friends, only interests.
The future does not belong to men...
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!