action

Belgium

Brazil

church

diplomat

distance

France

Frenchman

governing

indispensability

international relations

nationalism

old age

patriotism

policeman

politician

politics

silence

statesman

treaty

wasting time

Winston Churchill

nationality

French

occupation / innovator as

president of the French Republic

president of the Provisional Government of the French Republic

President of the Council

Co-Prince of Andorra

president

military officer

memoirist

statesperson

military theorist

military personnel

cause of death

natural causes

religion

Catholicism

World War I

World War II

Algerian War of Independence

Minister of National Defence

is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

Belgium is just a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

CHURCH 136 CHURCH The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back

is only useful in fair weather; when it rains, they drown in every raindrop.

Diplomats are only useful in fair weather; when it rains, they drown in every raindrop

is a far greater expanse internally than it is externally. Going to the moon isn't very far; the greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

DISTANCE Going to the moon isn't very far; the greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us

is a country difficult to unite given that it produces 263 kinds of cheese.

France: how can you unite a country that produces 263 kinds of cheese'

is a difficult nation to govern; after all, how can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?

How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese? -De Gaulle FRANK Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature is not ashamed to create? -Aretino The man who insists on telling others what he likes, should be prepared to hear what he doesn't like

is one who shows his passion for equality by wanting to enjoy one or more privileges.

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

is a ruse --- the graveyards are full of indispensable men

All the world's churchyards are full with irreplaceable people.

is not about friendship. No nation has friends - only interests.

is when hate for people other than your own comes first while patriotism is when love of your own people comes first.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first... nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

is when love of your own people comes first. Nationalism is when hate for people other than your own comes first.

is one who never believes anything he says, so he is always amazed when other people do.

A politician never believes anything he says, so he is always amazed when other people do.

is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. Charles de Gaulle

is true when he is willing to take risks.

is like roses and young girls - they last while they last.

Treaties are like roses and young girls -they last while they last.

is such that a man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

*Experience is not what happens to a man... it is what a man does with what happens to him.

is a man who gets angry when he is wrong. I am a man who gets angry when I am right. We are angry at each other much of the time.

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 GaulleThinkers

Charles de Gaulle