The Gallic rooster (French: le coq gaulois) is an unofficial national symbol of France as a nation, as opposed to Marianne representing France as a State, and its values: the Republic.
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“D’Arrast: “Just tell me, has your good Jesus always answered your call?”
The Rooster: “Always, no, Captain.”
D’Arrast: “Well, then?”
The Rooster burst out in a fresh and childlike laugh: “Well, he is free, isn’t he?””
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)