Born French Citizen

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

“A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.”
—Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962)

“When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That’s progress?”
—Marilyn French (b. 1929)

“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)