Frases de Charles de Gaulle

Charles-André-Joseph-Marie de Gaulle fue un militar, político y escritor francés, presidente de la República Francesa de 1958 a 1969, inspirador del gaullismo, promotor de la reconciliación franco-alemana y una de las figuras influyentes en la historia del proceso de construcción de la Unión Europea.

Con el rango de capitán combatió en la Primera Guerra Mundial, siendo apresado y herido en varias ocasiones. Durante el período de entreguerras ejerció diversos cargos militares, en particular el de secretario del Consejo de Defensa Nacional , bajo el mando del mariscal Pétain. Ante la rendición de su país frente a los invasores alemanes durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, fundó en su exilio en Londres el movimiento «Francia Libre» en contra del gobierno de Vichy y prosiguió la lucha desde las colonias y apoyando la Resistencia interior. Tras la liberación de Francia, encabezó el gobierno provisional de la República hasta 1946.

En 1958 llegó a la presidencia de la República y durante su mandato tuvo que hacer frente a la resolución de la guerra argelina, la renovación del sistema político con la instauración de la V República, la impulsión del proyecto europeo o el movimiento social de mayo de 1968, hasta su dimisión en 1969.

En 1921 se casó con Yvonne Vendroux, y fue padre de tres hijos: Philippe , Élisabeth y Anne .

✵ 22. noviembre 1890 – 9. noviembre 1970
Charles de Gaulle Foto
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Frases célebres de Charles de Gaulle

“Sólo los muertos no tienen problemas.”

Sin fuentes

Charles de Gaulle Frases y Citas

“Dante, Goethe, Chateaubriand pertecenen a Europa en la medida en que eran respectiva y eminentemente italiano, alemán o franćes. De poco hubieran servido a Europa si hubisesen sido apátridas o hubieran pensado y escrito en cualquier esperanto o volapuk.”

sobre Europa y si había que hacer una integración suprenacional o intergubenamental.
Fuente: Martín de la Guardia y Pérez Sánchez (eds), Historia de la integración europea, Ariel, 2001.

Charles de Gaulle: Frases en inglés

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

Attributed to de Gaulle by Romain Gary, Life, May 9, 1969
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2

“Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.”

La difficulté attire l'homme de caractère, car c'est en l'étreignant qu'il se réalise lui-même.
in Mémoires de guerre.
Writings

“I am Joan of Arc. I am Clemenceau.”

Reportedly misattributed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in January, 1943, in communicating his impression of de Gaulle's arrogance in assuming the mantle of leadership of free France. Reported in Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions (1990), p. 33-34.
Misattributed

“France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.”

La France fut faite à coups d'épée. La fleur de lys, symbole d'unité nationale, n'est que l'image d'un javelot à trois lances.
in La France et son armée.
Writings

“Character is the virtue of hard times.”

Le caractère, vertu des temps difficiles.
in Le fil de l’épée.
Writings

“France cannot be France without greatness.”

La France ne peut être la France sans la grandeur.
in Mémoires de guerre.
Writings

“Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.”

Les hommes peuvent avoir des amis, pas les hommes d'Etat.
Interview, December 9 1967.
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2

“France has no friends, only interests.”

Clementine Churchill: "General, you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies"
De Gaulle (in English): "France has no friends, only interests." (De Gaulle did not speak specifically of France, but of all nation-states, including Britain. This remark was in line with his saying "Men can have friends, statesmen cannot",*Les hommes peuvent avoir des amis, pas les hommes d'Etat., in Interview, December 9, 1967).
Most famous

“Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.”

Oui, c'est l'Europe, depuis l'Atlantique jusqu'à l'Oural, c'est toute l'Europe, qui décidera du destin du monde.
23 November 1959, Strasbourg. The phrase shown in bold is the most often quoted excerpt. De Gaulle was expressing his vision of Europe's future.
Most famous

“Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.”

Attributed to a news conference (27 November 1967) the earliest occurrence of this statement yet located is in The Cross and the Flag, Vol. 27, (1968) by the Christian Nationalist Crusade
Appeal of June 18, Speech of June 18

“The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.”

Reported in the National Review (November 1962) as a misattribution created by extreme rightists. See Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions (1990), p. 33.
Misattributed

“Nothing great is done without great men, and they are great because they wanted it.”

On ne fait rien de grand sans de grands hommes, et ceux-ci le sont pour l'avoir voulu.
in Vers l’armée de métier.
Writings

“Of course one can jump up and down yelling Europe! Europe! Europe! But it amounts to nothing and it means nothing.”

Bien entendu, on peut sauter sur sa chaise comme un cabri en disant l’Europe ! l’Europe ! l’Europe ! mais cela n’aboutit à rien et cela ne signifie rien.
Interview on a presidential campaign, December 1965 INA archive of the video http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&id_notice=I00012536 (De Gaulle meant that he wanted to build a European Union on realities, i.e. the existing nation-states with their respective interests – not on slogans and abstractions)
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2

“Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator?”

Pourquoi voulez-vous qu'à 67 ans je commence une carrière de dictateur ?
Press conference, May 19 1958 (De Gaulle was changing the constitution to make government more efficient, after decades of impotent parliamentary regime, and he mocked journalists who claimed he was establishing a dictatorship).
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2

“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.”

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.
Speech, July 14 1943.
World War II

“The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.”

Le désir du privilège et le goût de l'égalité, passions dominantes et contradictoires des Français de toute époque.
in La France et son armée.
Writings

“At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.”

A la base de notre civilisation, il y a la liberté de chacun dans sa pensée, ses croyances, ses opinions, son travail, ses loisirs.
Speech, November 25 1941.
World War II

“It is unnecessary, for the Republic has never ceased to exist. I was the Republic.”

Reply in August 1944 to a statement of regret that the windows of the Hotel de Ville in Paris were not opened for the crowd outside cheering the reestablishment of the Republic. Quoted in The Atlantic, November 1960.
World War II

“The cabinet has no propositions to make, but orders to give.”

Le gouvernement n'a pas de propositions à faire, mais des ordres à donner.
in Mémoires de guerre. (Secretary of State De Gaulle so replied, in early June 1940, to Admiral Darlan, whom he was asking to transfer what was left of the French army to North Africa)
Writings

“Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.”

La politique, quand elle est un art et un service, non point une exploitation, c'est une action pour un idéal à travers des réalités.
Press conference, June 30 1955
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2
Fuente: "Le Général de Gaulle et la construction de l'Europe" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wg4ZAQAAIAAJ (1967), pg 33. note: 1950s

“The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur cannot be divided.”

L'épée est l'axe du monde et la grandeur ne se divise pas.
in Vers l’armée de métier.
Writings

“Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!”

Vive Montreal; Vive le Québec! Vive le Québec libre!
From a balcony at Montreal City Hall, with particular emphasis on the word 'libre'. The phrase, a slogan used by Quebecers who favoured Quebec sovereignty, and de Gaulle's use of it, was seen by them as lending his tacit support to the movement. The speech sparked a diplomatic incident with Canada's government, and was condemned by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, saying that "Canadians do not need to be liberated."
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2

“I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.”

Je suis un homme qui n'appartient à personne et qui appartient à tout le monde.
Press conference, May 19 1958
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2

“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.”

Tout peut, un jour, arriver, même qu'un acte conforme à l'honneur et à l'honnêteté apparaisse en fin de compte, comme un bon placement politique.
in Mémoires de guerre.
Writings

“The leader is always alone before bad fates.”

Toujours le chef est seul en face du mauvais destin.
in Mémoires de guerre.
Writings

“The future does not belong to men…”

L'avenir n'appartient pas aux hommes...
Speech, December 1967
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2

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