Deceived Quote by Clare Short

The French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive.

— Paul Krugman

Did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.

— Alain Juppe

“In essence, France no longer existed. It existed only in the hatred of the French for one another.”

— Raymond Aron

The French will always do exactly the opposite on what the United States wants regardless of what happens, so we're never going to have…

— Howard Dean

“But all these hints at foreseeing what actually did happen on the French as well as on the Russian side are only conspicuous now…

— Leo Tolstoy

“A French lieutenant was asked by the commander of the French forces, “Jean, it seems to me that many people are only saying the…

— Michael G. Kramer

“nor ground control was something of a step back for them. Furthermore, having reached France,”

— James Holland

Well, I think they're going to learn that an awful lot of French people changed their minds. In 1940, the Third Republic had made…

— Robert O. Paxton

“People forgot the fragility of our enterprise as a new nation, and sometimes forgot, too, how much we owed France for it.”

— Stephanie Dray

The French are very bizarre. There is this collective depiction: 'We're in decline, we're being assailed, we must protect ourselves.'

— Alain Juppe

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France.

— Alain Juppe

I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and…

— Edward Grey