If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.
There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed.
You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.
The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.
English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.
I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.
One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.
The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French.
French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.