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Charles de Gaulle on Veterans Day

1890–1970 France

← All quotes by Charles de Gaulle

4 quotes

France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war.

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

The sword is the axis of the world.

Vers l’armée de métier (1934)

A foreign military leader whose daring was feared by those who profited by it.

On General Douglas MacArthur (1951)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Charles de Gaulle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.