Il est interdit d'interdire !

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Il est interdit d'interdire !

Il est interdit d'interdire ! (meaning "it is forbidden to forbid") is a French aphorism first used on an RTL broadcast by Jean Yanne in the form of a mocking joke.[1] This sentence later became one of the slogans of May 1968.[2][3]

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Il est interdit d'interdire!
Il est interdit d'interdire! graffiti on a wall in Menton, France
MeaningIt is forbidden to forbid!
Original formGraffiti
ContextMay 1968
Coined byJean Yanne
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