Quote by Golda Meir

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.


I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente wh

Summary

This quote humorously suggests that using the French word "detente," which means a state of easing tension between nations, is unnecessary when there is already a well-known English phrase for the same concept - "cold war." It implies that perhaps people use foreign terms to sound more sophisticated or intellectual, despite there being perfectly suitable words available in their own language.

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War
By Golda Meir
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