I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours but he survived the whole war.
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
Yes I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
The first condition of success for the League of Nations is therefore a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them.
The single currency should allow the European Union and therefore France to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.
The type of cuisine I do especially after being on 'Iron Chef' for several years is a lot of global cuisine. My strength has always been Mediterranean cuisine across the board from Morocco Spain Italy Greece France but I think now I'm doing a lot of very different cuisines all the time.
You go to Holland France Germany every community the tiniest village they have magnificent pristine sports facilities.
One thing that makes France different from other countries is the tradition of social solidarity. People from all backgrounds and political positions are willing to contribute for services and protection of society as a whole - but on the condition that money is being spent effectively and that everyone is paying their part.
I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.
American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading math and science. We're even trailing France.
In some ways England is more liberal than France but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.
Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.
Before you I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and as such I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect.
It is not really our country so much is the problem it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada and France and other countries have towards us.
France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete.
The transatlantic relationship is vital for both our countries: France will remain a reliable ally of the United States. Nevertheless ally does not mean aligned.
For us sons of France political sentiment is a passion while for the Englishmen politics are a question of business.
France is not poetic she even feels in fact a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic.
The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace respect for human rights and development.
France is the country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper.
I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.
France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.
In fact my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris France that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president.