Quote by Alistair Horne

“One does not impose conditions on de Gaulle!”

— Alistair Horne

“General [De Gaulle], you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies”

— Clementine Churchill

Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we…

— Judy LaMarsh

“Introduced by de Gaulle to protect France’s ‘vital interests’, when there was a possibility that Britain would use it, the French wanted it abolished.”

— Christopher Booker

General de Gaulle was a thoroughly bad boy. The day he arrived, he thought he was Joan of Arc and the following day he…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

France always had this balanced position that in so many conflicts was the voice of peace. I intend to maintain that. De Gaulle was…

— Marine Le Pen

“According to de Gaulle’s account, Blum assured him of his interest in the soldier’s ideas. ‘But you fought against them,’ his visitor observed. ‘One…

— Jonathan Fenby

I wholeheartedly welcomed Charles de Gaulle eulogy of French valour, to which he attributed the liberation of Paris.

— Coco Chanel

“In France, patriotism trumped partisanship.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“Consulting de Gaulle whether he should be present at the flag-lowering ceremony or not, Fouchet after a pause of several seconds had been told…

— Alistair Horne

And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French…

— Clare Short