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> # I have never liked France or the French, and I have never stopped saying so. (15th February 1945)

[Adolf Hitler](https://quotesby.net/Adolf-Hitler)\#143

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The author states a consistent personal dislike for France and the French.In plain termsI never liked France or the French and keep saying it.What can you take from it?Personal feelings about nations can remain constant.

### Where it applies

- expressing national disdain

### Putting it to work

- stating personal preferences

### Questions to consider

- What shapes persistent national dislike?

### Another view

The statement offers no reasoning beyond personal preference.

## More from Adolf Hitler

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2. > Our Italian ally has been a source of embarrassment to us everywhere. It was this alliance, for instance, which prevented us from pursuing a revolutionary poli…

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3. > Never, at any price, should we have put our money on France and against the peoples subjected to her yoke. On the contrary, we should have helped them to achie…

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