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(1890 - 1970) general and of the Republic Confirmed All my life I have had a certain idea of France. Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France. in Mémoires de guerre I have understood you! Je vous ai compris ! Said before the population of , 4 June 1958 How do you govern a country which has 246 different kinds of cheese? Long live free ! Vive le Québec libre! Said in on the balcony of City Hall. It caused a diplomatic uproar with and inflamed the Quebec sovereignty movement. Attributed The graveyards are full of indispensable men. China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. Treaties are like roses and young girls; they last while they last. attributed to President Charles de Gaulle, from On Franco-German treaty talks, Time 1963-07-12, quoted in Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson (1988) [1]; also The Economist (London) 1972-03-18, at 6, as cited in Chapter 6, note 47 (page 427) of Antonio Cassese (2001) International Law. Oxford. ISBN 0198299982. France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war. La France a perdu une bataille, mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre. This phrase did not feature in his broadcast of June 18, but it was the beginning of a proclamation promulgated in London in July. You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination. That's a tall order, indeed. Vaste programme, en effet. his response to a heckler who yelled Mort aux cons! (Death to the idiots!) To Général Jacques Massu : Alors Massu toujours aussi con ? Général Jacques Massu answer : Toujours gaulliste, mon Général. I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. There are three roads to ruin: by gambling, which is the quickest; through women, which is the most pleasurable; and through taking the advice of experts, which is the most certain.
Confirmed All my life I have had a certain idea of France. Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France. in Mémoires de guerre I have understood you! Je vous ai compris ! Said before the population of , 4 June 1958 How do you govern a country which has 246 different kinds of cheese? Long live free ! Vive le Québec libre! Said in on the balcony of City Hall. It caused a diplomatic uproar with and inflamed the Quebec sovereignty movement. Attributed The graveyards are full of indispensable men. China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. Treaties are like roses and young girls; they last while they last. attributed to President Charles de Gaulle, from On Franco-German treaty talks, Time 1963-07-12, quoted in Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson (1988) [1]; also The Economist (London) 1972-03-18, at 6, as cited in Chapter 6, note 47 (page 427) of Antonio Cassese (2001) International Law. Oxford. ISBN 0198299982. France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war. La France a perdu une bataille, mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre. This phrase did not feature in his broadcast of June 18, but it was the beginning of a proclamation promulgated in London in July. You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination. That's a tall order, indeed. Vaste programme, en effet. his response to a heckler who yelled Mort aux cons! (Death to the idiots!) To Général Jacques Massu : Alors Massu toujours aussi con ? Général Jacques Massu answer : Toujours gaulliste, mon Général. I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. There are three roads to ruin: by gambling, which is the quickest; through women, which is the most pleasurable; and through taking the advice of experts, which is the most certain.