France Quotes - Page 32

• The peasants have seen the future - Greece and France - and concluded that it does not work. Hence their opposition to Obama's proudly transformational New Foundation agenda. Their logic is impeccable: Only the most blinkered intellectual could be attempting to introduce social democracy to America precisely when the world's foremost exemplar of that model - Europe - is in chaotic meltdown.

  Charles Krauthammer

  America, Europe, Political

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• You know the world's gone mad when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the USA of arrogance and the Germans don't want to go to war !

  Chris Rock

  War, Rapper, Usa

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• Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Israel, Presidential, United States

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• Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and British strains. For Canada is enriched by the heritage of France as well as of Britain, and Quebec has imparted the vitality and spirit of France itself to Canada. Canada's notable achievement of national unity and progress through accommodation, moderation and forbearance can be studied with profit by her sister nations.

  Harry S. Truman

  Character, People, Achievement

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1963). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• I shall die in the belief that to make France free, republican and prosperous, a little ink would have sufficed - and only one guillotine.

  Camille Desmoulins

  Ink, Littles, Revolution

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• It is with enormous distress that France has just learned of the monstrous attacks there is no other word for it that have just struck the United States of America. In these horrifying circumstances, the entire people of France, and I want to emphasize this, stand by the people of America. They express their friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. Naturally, I want to assure President Bush of my total support. France, as you know, has always condemned and unreservedly condemns terrorism, and considers that terrorism must be combated by all possible means.

  Jacques Chirac

  Mean, America, People

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• France is deeply upset to learn of the monstrous attacks that have just struck the United States.... In these terrible circumstances, all French people stand by the American people. We express our friendship and solidarity in this tragedy.

  Jacques Chirac

  People, Upset, September 11

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• I'm lucky that mountian biking wasn't around when I was 20, because I wouldn't have won the Tour de France. It's my kind of sport - hard, individualistic, and not a lot of tactics.

  Greg LeMond

  Sports, Cycling, Lucky

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• I’ve always had this idea that if you’re going to try something, if you’re going to expend that first big block of effort and energy to participate - whether it’s riding the Tour de France or applying for a new job or coaching your daughter’s soccer team - you might as well go ahead and give whatever else it takes to win, I mean, I’m going to be there no matter what, right? Why not go ahead and get the victory?

  Johan Bruyneel

  Soccer, Daughter, Jobs

  Johan Bruyneel, Bill Strickland (2009). “We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind Eight Tour de FranceVictories”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It [a new world order] needs only that the governments of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Russia should get together in order to set up an effective control of currency, credit, production, and distribution – that is to say, an effective ‘dictatorship of prosperity,’ for the whole world. The other sixty odd States would have to join in or accommodate themselves to the over-ruling decisions of these major Powers.

  H. G. Wells

  Russia, Government, Order

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• When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place.

  Josephine Baker

  Country, Children, Home

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• By the same right under which France took Flanders, Lorraine and Alsace, and will sooner or later take Belgium — by that same right Germany takes over Schleswig; it is the right of civilisation as against barbarism, of progress as against stability.

  Friedrich Engels

  Agreement, Civilization, Historical

  "Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works".

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• There are no English, French, German or American Jews, but only Jews > > >living in England, France, Germany or America.

  Chaim Weizmann

  America, Germany, England

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• When I grow up I would like to be an artist in France.

  Keith Haring

  Growing Up, Artist, Grows

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• You are the eternal France, I love you.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  I Love You, Love You, Eternal

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• France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden...something of which I am not proud.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Country, Europe, Sweden

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• France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Responsibility, President, Assuming

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• Francois Hollande is an intelligent man. I do not have a problem with him. The only thing is, he has never held office at the state level. Honestly, can you imagine Francois Hollande as president of France? Imagine it!

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Intelligent, Men, Office

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• France must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who receive benefits.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Country, Benefits, Levels

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• Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot at the same time demand us to increase our dues.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Europe, Demand, Increase

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• I have always said the French team is the most important thing that has happened to me. I thought deeply about it and I want to play for France again.

  Zinedine Zidane

  Team, Play, Important

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• Scott Tixier is an exciting young jazz violinist and is making an international name for himself.
  I heard him in France and was immediately struck by his individuality and his sound.

  Marcus Miller

  Names, Individuality, Sound

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• What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it's the opposite.

  Bernard Arnault

  Opposites, Chinese, Groups

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• When I became a man, I put away childish things and got more elaborate and expensive childish things from France and Japan.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Men, Japan, Childish Things

  P. J. O'Rourke (2016). “Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of . . .”, p.93, Pan Macmillan

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• I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

  Pele

  Thinking, Spain, Germany

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