"Providence has given the French nation precisely two instruments, two arms, so to speak, with which it stirs up the world – the French language and the spirit of proselytism that forms the essence of the nation's character."
— France

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
English (Original)

Sources

Joseph de Maistre, Considerations on France (1796), Ch. II

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/France

Revision History

No revisions have been submitted for this quote.

  1. Home
  2. /
  3. France
  4. /
  5. Quote by France

Categories

FranceFrench Colonial Empire

France

29 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by France →

Related Quotes

"France had been the cradle of anarchism, fathered for a long time by some of her most brilliant sons, of whom Proudho…"
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"A Frenchman comes here to make money, and that is about all that need be said of him. He is only a Frenchman. He neit…"
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme."
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are."
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"And threat'ning France, plac'd like a painted Jove, Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand."
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please."
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes."
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"Une nation de singes à larynx de perroquets."
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"Tous les anciens peuples de la Gaule réunis en un seul peuple s’embrassent au nom des mêmes aïeux; et, comme ils ont …"
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
"France above all!"
— France
FranceFrench Colonial Empire
HomePopularAdd Quote
Add Quote
HomePopularWorksQuotesAuthorsCATEGORIES
RECENTLY ADDED

Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

CATEGORIES
Novelists From The United States29258Thema28471Academics From The United States273392000s American Films18689Person17672