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1903–2000 Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba (3 August 1903 – 6 April 2000) was the first President of Tunisia, from July 25, 1957 until 7 November 1987, when he was removed from office in a coup d'état.
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"I have carried this abscess too far, Tunisia is going through a difficult period. Freedom is dangerous."
"They struggle to cut hands and heads and we struggle to keep heads high and hands raised."
"While I am alive, not a hair on Jewish heads will be touched."
"You are wrong. The state and its existence are essential before everything else. All this preoccupation with liberty is not serious."
"We have the proof that our disagreement with the U.A.R. is more than a simple misunderstanding."
"Yes, I am Western, and I will remain so."
Bourguiba on people who patronized the Zéro de Conduite (Zero for Conduct), nightclub:
"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."
"When a house is on fire, the neighbors' duty is to put it out. ... I hate colonialism, not the French."
Bourguiba on Gamal Abdel Nasser:
"The only Jews who interest us are our fellow citizens. ... Basically and profoundly, we are with the West."
Bourguiba quoting Muhammad:
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