Frases de Habib Bourguiba

Habib Bourguiba foi o presidente da Tunísia entre 25 de Julho de 1957 a 7 de Novembro de 1987.

Ficou para a História como o fundador do Partido Neo-Destur, e por praticar actos revolucionários na luta persistente pela independência do seu país. Por diversas vezes foi preso e condenado ao exílio. As suas campanhas pela independência da Tunísia acabaram por ser frutíferas. Em 1972, foi-lhe concedido o título de presidente vitalício, mas em 1987 foi destituído desta função pelo primeiro-ministro tunisino, o general Ben Ali. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. Agosto 1903 – 6. Abril 2000
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Habib Bourguiba: 29   citações 0   Curtidas

Habib Bourguiba: Frases em inglês

“humiliating backward condition of our country.”

[TUNISIA: Breaking the Fast, TIME, Monday, Feb. 22, 1960, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939596,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“The only Jews who interest us are our fellow citizens. ... Basically and profoundly, we are with the West.”

[TUNISIA: Neighbor's Duty, TIME, Monday, Dec. 02, 1957, 2, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825330-2,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“I have promised the Tunisian people that the French army will go, If I fail, I will be swept away.”

[TUNISIA: The Accused, TIME, Monday, Feb. 24, 1958, 2, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,862990-2,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“Bourguiba on Gamal Abdel Nasser- "not aware of the danger of Communism. Once the Iron Curtain drops, there is no escape."”

[ARAB LEAGUE: Defying Nasser, TIME, Monday, Oct. 27, 1958, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937614,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“Bourguiba on people who patronized the Zéro de Conduite (Zero for Conduct), nightclub- "practice a shameful exhibitionism in morbid and degrading dances."”

[Tunisia: Shudder at the Knees, TIME, Friday, Aug. 26, 1966, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842668,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“When a house is on fire, the neighbors' duty is to put it out”

[TUNISIA: Neighbor's Duty, TIME, Monday, Dec. 02, 1957, 1, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825330-1,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“Bourguiba quoting the Prophet Muhammed - "Break the fast, and you will be stronger to confront the enemy."”

[TUNISIA: Breaking the Fast, TIME, Monday, Feb. 22, 1960, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939596,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“Basically and profoundly, we are with the West.”

[TUNISIA: Neighbor's Duty, TIME, Monday, Dec. 02, 1957, 2, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825330-2,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“While I am alive, not a hair on Jewish heads will be touched.”

[Religion: Exodus, TIME, Friday, July 06, 1962, 1, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940033,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“You are wrong. The state and its existence are essential before everything else. All this preoccupation with liberty is not serious.”

[TUNISIA: No Time for Democracy, TIME, Monday, Sept. 29, 1958, 2, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,821168-2,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“I hate colonialism, not the French.”

[TUNISIA: Neighbor's Duty, TIME, Monday, Dec. 02, 1957, 1, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825330-1,00.html, September 6, 2011]