Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there Former French President Charles De Gaulle
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty six varieties of cheese?