Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
Charles de GaulleSoyons fermes, purs et fidรจles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cรฉdรฉ. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]
Charles de Gaulle