Born French Citizen

Famous quotes containing the words born, french and/or citizen:

    Poor George, he can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
    Ann Richards (b. 1933)

    Salad is roughage and a French idea.
    —U.S. grandmother. As quoted in “Once a Tramp, Always ...,” by M.F.K. Fisher (1969)

    Loss of freedom seldom happens overnight. Oppression doesn’t stand on the doorstep with toothbrush moustache and swastika armband—it creeps up insidiously ... step by step, and all of a sudden the unfortunate citizen realises that it is gone.
    Baron Lane (b. 1918)