I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.

Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that you will go in large numbers!

I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now.

I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.

I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake.

In the event of a victory over Germany by Soviet Russia and England, Bolshevism in Europe would inevitably follow. Under these circumstances I would prefer to see Germany win the war.