19th century Quote by Margaret Thatcher

Popular and democratic government is the only constitution which suits France, and all those who are worthy of the name of men.

— Camille Desmoulins

“Best of all, Galignani’s, the English bookstore and reading room, a favorite gathering place, stood across the street from the hotel. There one could…

— David McCullough

“Was there something distinctive about American civil society that gave democracy a better chance than in France, as Tocqueville argued? Was the already centralized…

— Niall Ferguson

“[On the eve of the French Revolution:] It is impossible to imagine a more disorderly Assembly. They neither reason, examine, nor discuss. They clap…

— Gouverneur Morris

Quebec can make french the only official language is spite of the constitution. Pierre Trudeau 1967

— Pierre Trudeau

The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from…

— Peter Mayle

We got a copy of the 'New Statesman' at my grammar school in Wigton, Cumbria, in the 1950s. It sat mint fresh every week…

— Melvyn Bragg

I feel very close to French culture and to the French humanism, which occasionally one finds, even in the highest places. And therefore, all…

— Elie Wiesel

“The French are never serious. They juggle with principles, make fun of difficulties and have been walking the tightrope of virtuosity for ten centuries.…

— Maurice Dekobra

Even for natives, French satire is rarely laugh-out-loud funny. Its unspoken punch line is typically that things have gone irrevocably wrong, and the government…

— Pamela Druckerman

“Do not say that this draft, analogous to the American Constitution, is alien to the European culture and philosophy, and therefore should be rejected.…

— Leo Klinkers Herbet Tombeur

The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from…

— Nicolas Sarkozy