Charles De Gaulle delivering the famous speech upon the Montreal city hall balcony. The speech of July 24, 1967 by French President Charles de Gaulle, known as the Vive le Québec Libre speech was given in Montreal on the balcony of the Montreal city hall while he visited Expo 67 in Canada. Charles de Gaulle giving the famous Vive le Québec libre speech on the Montreal city hall balcony. ...
Charles de Gaulle giving the famous Vive le Québec libre speech on the Montreal city hall balcony. ...
July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ...
1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...
Portrait of General Charles de Gaulle. ...
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The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or simply Expo 67 was a Worlds Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1967 to coincide with the Canadian Centennial that year. ...
Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...
Most Canadians were outraged at the breach of territorial integrity and saw the words as an insult to the thousands of Canadians who fought and died on the battelfields of France during two World Wars. There was much criticism in the Canadian media, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Lester B. Pearson, a soldier who had fought in World War I and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, stated that "Canadians do not need to be liberated" and cancelled the remainder of the state visit. De Gaulle returned to France where much of the French media criticized him for his serious breach of international protocol. Territorial integrity is the principle under international law that nation-states should not attempt to promote secessionist movements or to promote border changes in other nation-states. ...
The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ...
The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ...
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However, the event was seen as a watershed moment by members of the Quebec sovereigntism movement. Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ...
Original speech
C'est une immense émotion qui remplit mon cœur en voyant devant moi la ville de Montréal... française!
Au nom du vieux pays, au nom de la France, je vous salue! Je vous salue de tout mon cœur!
Je vais vous confier un secret que vous ne répéterez pas. Ce soir ici, et tout le long de ma route, je me trouvais dans une atmosphère du même genre que celle de la Libération! Et tout le long de ma route, outre cela, j'ai constaté quel immense effort de progrès, de développement, et par conséquent d'affranchissement vous accomplissez ici et c'est à Montréal qu'il faut que je le dise, parce que, s'il y a au monde une ville exemplaire par ses réussites modernes, c'est la vôtre! Je dis c'est la vôtre et je me permets d'ajouter, c'est la nôtre!
Si vous saviez quelle confiance la France, réveillée après d'immenses épreuves, porte maintenant vers vous, si vous saviez quelle affection elle recommence à ressentir pour les Français du Canada et si vous saviez à quel point elle se sent obligée de concourir à votre marche en avant, à votre progrès. C'est pourquoi elle a conclu avec le Gouvernement du Québec, avec celui de mon ami Johnson, des accords, pour que les Français de part et d'autre de l'Atlantique travaillent ensemble à une même œuvre française. Et, d'ailleurs, le concours que la France va, tous les jours un peu plus, prêter ici, elle sait bien que vous le lui rendrez, parce que vous êtes en train de vous constituer des élites, des usines, des entreprises, des laboratoires, qui feront l'étonnement de tous et qui, un jour, j'en suis sûr, vous permettront d'aider la France.
Voilà ce que je suis venu vous dire ce soir en ajoutant que j'emporte de cette réunion inouïe de Montréal un souvenir inoubliable! La France entière sait, voit, entend, ce qui se passe ici, et je puis vous dire qu'elle en vaudra mieux!
Vive Montréal!
Vive le Québec!...
Vive le Québec... libre!!!
Vive le Canada français!
Et vive la France!!!
Translation It is an immense emotion that fills my heart seeing in front of me the French city of Montreal!
In the name of the old country, in the name of France, I salute you! I salute you with all my heart! The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...
I will tell you a secret that you mustn't repeat. Here tonight, and all along my way, I have found myself in an atmosphere just like that of the Liberation! And all along my way, moreover, I have noticed what immense effort of progress, of development, and consequently of emancipation you are accomplishing here and it is in Montreal that I must say it, because, if there is in the world a city exemplary for its modern successes, it is yours! I say it is yours and I allow myself to add, it is ours! The Liberation of Paris in World War II took place in late August 1944 after the battle of Normandy. ...
If you knew what confidence France, arisen after immense ordeals, now feels towards you, if you knew what affection she begins to feel again for the French people of Canada and if you knew how much she feels obligated to contribute to your march forward, to your progress. That is why she has concluded with the Government of Quebec, with my friend Johnson, agreements, so that the French from both sides of the Atlantic can work together on one same French undertaking. And, indeed, the assistance that France will lend here, a little more every day, she well knows that you will return it, because you are in the process of setting up for yourselves elites, factories, companies, laboratories, that will astonish everyone and that, one day, I'm sure, will allow you to help France. Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...
This is an article about the politics of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...
Daniel Johnson, Sr. ...
The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ...
This is what I have come to tell you tonight, adding that I will bring home from this incredible reunion of Montreal an unforgettable memory! The whole of France knows, sees, hears, what is happening here, and I may tell you that she shall be better from it!
Long live Montreal!
Long live Quebec!...
Long live Quebec... free!!!
Long live French Canada!
And long live France!!! This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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See also John F. Kennedy gives his memorable inauguration speech. ...
Daniel Johnson, Sr. ...
Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ...
Gaullism is a French political ideology based on the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. ...
This is an article about the politics of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...
This article discusses political groups and tendencies in France; for information on the political and administrative structures of France, see Government of France. ...
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Gaul For details, see the main Gaul article. ...
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or simply Expo 67 was a Worlds Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1967 to coincide with the Canadian Centennial that year. ...
External link - De Gaulle and Quebec (http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/article.php3?id_article=128&var_recherche=Qu%E9bec) (in French)
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