Charles de Gaulle nejznámější citáty
Charles de Gaulle: Citáty o lidech
Charles de Gaulle citáty a výroky
Zdroj: Marc Ferro - Sedm mužů ve válce (Levné knihy, a. s., 2009, ISBN 978-80-7309-682-3)
„Evropan je křesťanského náboženství, řecko - římské kultury a bílé rasy.“
Kontext: It is very good that there are yellow French, black French, brown French. They show that France is open to all races and has a universal vocation. But [it is good] on condition that they remain a small minority. Otherwise, France would no longer be France. We are still primarily a European people of the white race, Greek and Latin culture, and the Christian religion.
Don’t tell me stories! Muslims, have you gone to see them? Have you watched them with their turbans and jellabiyas? You can see that they are not French! Those who advocate integration have the brain of a hummingbird. Try to mix oil and vinegar. Shake the bottle. After a second, they will separate again.
Arabs are Arabs, the French are French. Do you think the French body politic can absorb ten million Muslims, who tomorrow will be twenty million, after tomorrow forty? If we integrated, if all the Arabs and Berbers of Algeria were considered French, would you prevent them to settle in France, where the standard of living is so much higher? My village would no longer be called Colombey-The-Two-Churches but Colombey-The-Two-Mosques.
Who spoke on March 5, 1959:
Charles de Gaulle: Citáty anglicky
Alors, il est vrai que la Patrie est un élément humain, sentimental et que c’est sur des éléments d’action, d’autorité, de responsabilité qu’on peut construire l’Europe. Quels éléments? Eh bien, les États, car il n’y a que les États qui, à cet égard, soient valables, soient légitimes et en outre soient capables de réaliser… J’ai déjà dit et je répète, qu’à l’heure qu’il est, il ne peut pas y avoir d’autre Europe possible que celle des États, en dehors naturellement des mythes, des fictions, des parades. De cette solidarité dépend tout espoir d’unir l’Europe dans le domaine politique et dans le domaine de la défense, comme dans le domaine économique. De cette solidarité dépend, par conséquent, le destin de l’Europe tout entière, depuis l’Atlantique jusqu’à l’Oural.
Press conference, Elysée Palace, Paris, 15 May 1962
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2
“How can you govern a country that has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?”
Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux cent quarante-six variétés de fromage?
Les Mots du Général, Ernest Mignon, 1962
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2
“I am not ill. But do not worry, one day, I will certainly die.”
Je ne vais pas mal. Mais rassurez-vous, un jour, je ne manquerai pas de mourir.
Press conference, February 1965, denying rumours that he secretly had a terminal disease
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2
Conversation with Anthony Eden, recounted in de Gaulle's Mémoires de guerre. Quoted in The Atlantic, November 1960.
World War II
“It is better to have a bad method than to have none.”
Il vaut mieux avoir une méthode mauvaise plutôt que de n'en avoir aucune.
in Le Fil de l’épée.
Writings
“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.
Poster À tous les Français (To All Frenchmen), August 1940.
À tous les Français was designed and displayed in London to accompany the Appel du 18 juin (Appeal of 18 June) following defeat at the Battle of France. The pair are considered to be the founding texts of the Résistance.
World War II
“Now she is like everyone else.”
Maintenant, elle est comme les autres.
Spoken at the funeral of his daughter Anne, who had Down Syndrome, February 1948
Most famous
“Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.”
Rien ne rehausse l'autorité mieux que le silence, splendeur des forts et refuge des faibles.
in Le Fil de l'épée.
Writings
“No policy is worth anything outside of reality.”
Il n'y a pas de politique qui vaille en dehors des réalités.
Televised speech, June 14 1960
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2
“All my life I have had a certain idea of France.”
Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France.
Opening sentence of his Mémoires de guerre.
Most famous
Vive le Québec libre!
Said in 1967 on the balcony of Montréal City Hall. It caused a diplomatic uproar with Canada and inflamed the Quebec sovereignty movement.
Most famous
Je vous ai compris !
Said before the population of Algiers after they had called upon him to take power, June 4, 1958.
Most famous
“But has the last word been said? Must hope disappear? Is defeat final? No!”
Appeal of June 18, Speech of June 18
Actually said by Giorgos Seferis
Misattributed
