The French may not have the first democracy, may not have the best democracy, but they have had to fight harder than most for their democracy.

  • paraphrasing from an audio tour by Rick Steves, I think.

Edit: oops, i flipped words in the title

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    No, more like the US’s revolution likely wouldn’t have succeeded if it wasn’t for the French support.

    France’s revolution attempted for a democracy but that got twisted and they got Emperor Napoleon, so then they had to fight again.

    Edit: And today the US and France are again fighting similar political battles so it feels like the strong support from a French person has a long history.