About Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle was a French general who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France during World War II. After the war he chaired the provisional government from 1944 to 1946, helping restore democracy. In 1958, President René Coty asked him to become Prime Minister after the Algiers putsch. He drafted a new constitution that created the Fifth Republic, and later that year he was elected President of France, a role he kept until his resignation in 1969.
![“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. [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.]” quote by Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/eb2/charles-de-gaulle-2714_ends_soyons-fermes-purs-et-fid-les-au-bout-de_1507032.jpg)
![“Have you ever seen a dictator on a run-off ballot? [Responding to the charges of a dictatorial bent, after being forced into a run-off against the socialist François Mitterrand in the 1965 presidential elections]” quote by Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/246/charles-de-gaulle-2714_seen-dictator_have-you-ever-seen-a-dictator-on-a-run-o_80965.jpg)
