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Excerpts from the famous speech made by General Charles de Gaulle at City Hall in Montréal on July 24, 1967.
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General de Gaulle's Call for the Liberation of Quebec [cries from the crowd]
[Charles De Gaule]: Great emotion fills my heart seeing before me the city of French Montréal.
[cries and applause from the crowd]
[CDG]: In the name of, on behalf of the old country, in the name of France, I salute you
[cries and applause from the crowd]
[CDG]: I salute you from the bottom of my heart
[noise from the crowd]
[CDG]: I am going to tell you a secret not to be repeated.
[laughter from the crowd]
[CDG] : This evening and throughout my journey I have found myself in an atmosphere similar to that of the Liberation.
[crowd]