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… - Habib Bourguiba

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

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 Algeria—until the nation becomes homogeneous.

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.