Famous quotes containing the words politics, france and/or republic:
“I believe you to be a brave and a skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)
“In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.”
—Gertrude Stein (18741946)
“No republic is more real than that of letters, and I am the last in principles, as I am the least in pretensions to any dictatorship in it.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)