I have promised the Tunisian people that the French army will go, If I fail, I will be swept away.
Habib Bourguiba
Today I am the President of the Republic, but I will be the first to join the Maquis.
Habib Bourguiba
How many times, have I had to seat women whom I received at audiences next to me, rather than facing me, in order to avoid general embarrassment? Nothing should compel us to suffer such trials. It puts the nerves of men and the modesty of women to a severe test.
Habib Bourguiba
You are wrong. The state and its existence are essential before everything else. All this preoccupation with liberty is not serious.
Habib Bourguiba
At the moment of a revolution there is no question of setting up a democracy like that in America. If they accuse me of dictatorship, I accept. I am creating a nation. Liberty must be suppressed until the end of the war in Algeriauntil the nation becomes homogeneous.
Habib Bourguiba
I have carried this abscess too far, Tunisia is going through a difficult period. Freedom is dangerous.
Habib Bourguiba
We have the proof that our disagreement with the U.A.R. is more than a simple misunderstanding.
Habib Bourguiba