Charles de Gaulle/2nd Government - 21 December1945 - 26 January 1946

Famous quotes containing the words government, january and/or gaulle:

    I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King—my republican feelings and principles forbid it—the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
    Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    and you undid the reins
    and I undid the buttons,
    the bones, the confusions,
    The New England postcards,
    the January ten o’clock night,
    and we rose up like wheat....
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    We are not here to laugh.
    —Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)