France Quote by Alphonse de Lamartine

It is not enough that France should be regarded as a country which enjoys the remains of a freedom acquired long ago. If she…

— Simone Weil

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous…

— Pierre Laval

France is great because she is France.

— Victor Hugo

France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if…

— Francois Hollande

Britain today is not revolutionary France. There are no grades of citizenship. An immigrant who has just shaken hands at the end of their…

— David Olusoga

The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past.

— John Corigliano

“...What was the revolution for?" "Liberty. But people in France are tired of freedom. It's when people can vote that they realize how catastrophic…

— William Dietrich

Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.

— Eric Cantona

“With France as she is, poor and unarmed, war means defeat. Defeat means either a military dictator who will salvage what he can and…

— Hilary Mantel

For France, anything is better than Hillary Clinton.

— Marine Le Pen

France has been mired in people's minds for years. In reality, our children are taught that they have every reason to criticize her, to…

— Marine Le Pen

The French Revolution was nothing but a precursor of another revolution, one that will be bigger, more solemn, and which will be the last.

— Francois-Noel Babeuf