Attachment Quote by Francois Hollande

In France, it's really different the way you live. It's a non-religious country. The public space is not religious; religion is a private thing.

— Michel Hazanavicius

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French…

— Adam Michnik

We can't start dividing people up into categories. In the past, France has often committed the error of not speaking to everybody because there…

— Emmanuel Macron

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

I think I was pretty much hated in France. The French press ignored me. There was a movement when the children of celebrities faced…

— Lou Doillon

The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United…

— Stendhal

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I have grown up in a country where we are told that there is freedom of speech.

— Jwala Gutta

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

— Paul Krugman

We, the French, are viscerally attached to our laicite, our sovereignty, our independence, our values. The world knows that when France is attacked, it…

— Marine Le Pen

France is a country where life is more than just your job. I feel like, in America, you're defined by your work. But in…

— Alexia Landeau

The French have only negative things to say about everything and everyone.

— Eric Cantona