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 m… - Habib Bourguiba

I do not think that the time is right to talk about democracy in its absolute concept. Arab societies marginalized their modern thinkers and scholars for the elders who stopped their time before fourteen centuries, which is the difference between us and them .. Therefore, it was necessary to work on spreading a more realistic culture in which modern science has a more open place. Take, for example, if we asked the Tunisian people (he meant former President Bourguiba then and not now) to hold a referendum on his position on women's education, then I can assure that 99.99% will refuse her education.

Bourguiba on Ramadan's effect on Tunisia:
"Stagnation, weakness and decadence ... beautiful custom ... pretext that paralyzes our activity."

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.