Country Quote by Francois Hollande

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 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

France has not been able to come to terms with the fact that it's not a major power anymore. I mean even before the…

— Noam Chomsky

France was given up to fire and bloodshed, she experienced famine, she experienced the worst of things, she was nearly chopped up in pieces…

— Emmanuel Macron

France is an old country that needs to wake up.

— Melanie Laurent

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 authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor…

— Jacques Chirac

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a…

— Charles de Gaulle

The French consider themselves the guardians of the world's culture and do not bother to hide the fact, which is annoying, but Paris is…

— Michael Korda

There is an element of delusional obsession in the French political elite's preoccupation with the notion that France is still a global power.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

France is hypocritical and cowardly. I sometimes think that, having been invaded by the Germans, we'd be run better today.

— Emmanuel Petit