We have the proof that our disagreement with the U.A.R. is more than a simple misunderstanding. - Habib Bourguiba

I will impose women's freedom and rights by the force of the law, and I will not wait for the democracy of a people duped by male culture in the name of religion.

The relationship between a woman and a man is built on the basis of mutual respect .. The woman is not required to bury herself in life because the man is unable to control his instincts like animals .. The woman raises the man's face, hair, height, width, smell, and even the voice of her is roughened, but the woman has learned to control her instincts. The man is also required to rise to the level of the woman.

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