Bourguiba on Gamal Abdel Nasser: "not aware of the danger of Communism. Once the Iron Curtain drops, there is no escape." - 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.

They struggle to cut hands and heads and we struggle to keep heads high and hands raised.

Bourguiba on people who patronized the Zéro de Conduite (Zero for Conduct), nightclub:
"Practice a shameful exhibitionism in morbid and degrading dances."