I was France.

France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war! (Proclamation, 18 June 1940)

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

France cannot be France without greatness.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.