Civil Quotes by Janine di Giovanni

When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, France came in the lowest of the rank.…

— Janine di Giovanni

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

— Janine di Giovanni

In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.

— Janine di Giovanni

In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

— Janine di Giovanni

Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base - essential in any successful revolution - but the message…

— Janine di Giovanni

My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42.

— Janine di Giovanni

There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with…

— Janine di Giovanni

I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.

— Janine di Giovanni

It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning for years.

— Janine di Giovanni

It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress. It's not that they…

— Janine di Giovanni

The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go in developing…

— Janine di Giovanni