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“Vichy emerged not only from what divided the French but also what united them: pacifism, fear of population decline, loss of confidence in national…

— Julian Jackson

I consider that France and the Republic were in London during the occupation and that the Vichy regime was not France.

— Marine Le Pen

“Its motto, from Figaro’s monologue in the final act of Le Mariage de Figaro, was Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n’est point d’éloge…

— Susan Elia MacNeal

There were the events of 1968 when young people began to ask their parents, what did you do in the war? And since the…

— Robert O. Paxton

Vichy proves one thing: if you don't want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don't lose a war.

— Frederic Raphael

Marshal Petain's Vichy regime looked like that new start. A couple of years later, it wasn't so evident that he was going to be…

— Robert O. Paxton

The Vichy government was under occupation and carried out the orders of the German occupier.

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

“the US continued to recognise Vichy and the Free French were reduced to operating in the US out of the office of the representative…

— Jonathan Fenby

“To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the…

— Rex Stout

“To the French, [le plaisir] is a part of the general fearless and joyful contact with life. ”

— Edith Wharton

The French are sawed-off sissies who eat snails and slugs and cheese that smells like people's feet. Utter cowards who force their own children…

— P. J. O'Rourke

When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming.

— Thomas Mars