The simple thing is to consider the French as an…

The simple thing is to consider the French as an erratic and brilliant people, dressed either in blue blouses and berets or trick suits and Charvet ties, who have all the gifts except that of running their country.

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James Cameron, What a Way to Run the Tribe: Selected Articles, 1948-67 (1968), p.104

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