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“France is an old country that needs to wake up.”

Needs Country Wake Up France

Author:Melanie Laurent

“Prices in Italy are only slightly lower than in France, which means that Italy is a very expensive country for everyone, natives, visitors and tourists.”

Mean Country France Expensive Tourists Visitors

Author:George Mikes

“In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?”

People Writing Country Literature Weight Ancient Heavy France Outstanding Proust Heavy Weights

Author:Manuel Puig

“France was an occupied country, a country that surrendered and was left without the right to choose.”

Country Left France

Author:Jean-Marie Le Pen

“And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails.”

Two Country Poor Millions Cases Five Four Industry Mediums France Peasants Belgium Switzerland Holland Scandinavians Scandinavia

Author:Herman Gorter

“France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.”

World Country Past Fate Despite Destroyed Thanks France Misfortunes Prestige

Author:Pierre Laval

“Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that you will go in large numbers!”

Country Numbers Workers Our Country France Germany Prisoner Large Numbers

Author:Pierre Laval

“France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of all whose ties of family and fortune give a preference to some other one, and the first choice of all not under those ties.”

Giving Firsts Country Would Be Earth Choices Fortune Monsters France Ties Preference Bonaparte Second Choice

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

“The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.”

Country Ready Europe Army Obstacles Quitting France Faithful Establishment Sole Thrones Oath Emperor

Book:Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c

Source: Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c

“Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.”

Country Habit France Caution Once Upon A Time

Author:Charles de Gaulle

“A man thinks he is dying for his country," said Anatole France, "but he is dying for a few industrialists." But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.”

Thinking Men Said Country Dies Too Much Dying France Tangible Saying Too Much

Book:Selected Essays: 1934-1943

Source: Selected Essays: 1934-1943

“It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant.”

World May Country Sometimes Rich Brilliant France

Author:Lillian Hellman

“If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here. France is a country that's open.”

Ifs Want Country Wife Building Doctors Males Welcome France Acceptable Veils Administrative

Author:Nicolas Sarkozy

“If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.”

People Ifs Feels Should Country France Bother

Author:Nicolas Sarkozy

“According to current birthrate projections, France will be a majority Muslim country anyway in about 50 years. I get a lot of e-mails from Americans who think that Europeans are spineless. And I think they're right.”

Thinking Years Country Majority Currents France Mail Projection Spineless

Author:Pat Condell

“Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in many aspects, and thus has become, as clearly can be seen, a dangerous rival to principal imperialistic powers in Europe - England and France. That is why they declared war on Germany on a pretext of fulfilling the obligations given to Poland. It is now clearer than ever, how remote the real aims of the cabinets in these countries were from the interests of defending the now disintegrated Poland or Czechoslovakia.”

“France... What can you say about a country that was too stupid to get on board with our wonderfully-conceived and brilliantly-executed war in Iraq?”

War Country Stupid Iraq France Boards

Book:The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

Source: The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

“There are too many coming from different countries. When we started, foreign players were in the minority. All the best players from Spain, France, Brazil, Argentina are going to England. And Ireland is bound to suffer.”

Different Country Suffering Player England Bounds France Minorities Ireland Spain Brazil Best Players Argentina All The Best Different Countries

Author:Kevin Kilbane