| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 38350 |
| QUOTATION: | The French are nice people. I allow them to sing and to write, and they allow me to do whatever I like. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jules Mazarin (c. 16021661), Italian-bornFrench statesman, cardinal. letter, Oct. 25, 1715. Quoted by Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans.
Mazarin was chief minister during the minority of Louis XIV. |
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