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"I have carried this abscess too far, Tunisia is going through a difficult period. Freedom is dangerous."

— Habib Bourguiba

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"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."

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