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To: Lymond who wrote (70938)11/23/1999 12:29:00 PM
From: Merritt  Respond to of 132070
 
JW: Yeah, he was the first to use the phrase, but I remember De Gaulle using it also...found a corroborating link for Louis, but not for Charlie.<g>
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They were both right, although it took a little longer for Louis' prediction to pan out, but then it was a more dramatic outcome than the series of Premieres that followed De Gaulle.<g>



To: Lymond who wrote (70938)11/23/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Respond to of 132070
 
OT -- Wasn't it Louis XIV, the Sun King?

No, Louis XIV had no reason to say it -- he ran a pretty tight ship, though as he admitted late in life, he spent too much for the sake of "la gloire". A century later (Louis XIV and Louis XV ruled France for 131 years between them), it was a different story.

I have seen the quote ascribed usually to Louis XV, sometimes to Madame de Pompadeur, his mistress.


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