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Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!
Charles de Gaulle
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Charles de Gaulle
Age: 79 †
Born: 1890
Born: November 22
Died: 1970
Died: November 9
Former President Of The French Republic
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Military Personnel
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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One does not arrest Voltaire.
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As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
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Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
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Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]
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Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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One cannot govern with 'buts'.
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Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
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It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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No, I'm not talking about the Russians I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
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Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
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I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
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I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
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