The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Georges Bidault: Self

Quotes 

• Georges Bidault : Some people are resistants by nature. In other words, some people are naturally headstrong. Others on the contrary, try to adapt to the circumstances, and get what they can out of it. If you are a resistant over everything and nothing, you're exaggerating. But if you accept everything, you're lying.

• Georges Bidault, Former Prime Minister : In reality, the French aren't normally very involved in politics. Once in a blue moon, they decide to take action and storm the Bastille, or to fight religious wars for 50 years, or to initiate the French Revolution, or to set off to conquer Europe. But, normally speaking, they're just as peaceable as anyone else. One thing is for sure: the French, in general, like a peaceful regime, a regime which has authority, but is preferably humane. In any case, they feel the need to be protected. They're quite paternalistic.