Philippe Pétain quotes

My country has been beaten and they are calling me back to make peace and sign an armistice...This is the work of 30 years of Marxism. They're calling me back to take charge of the nation. (Philippe Pétain)
Neither Germany nor Italy have doubts. Our crisis is not a material crisis. We have lost faith in our destiny...We are like mariners without a pilot. View quote
Philippe Pétain
La terre, elle, ne ment pas [The earth, it does not lie]. View quote
Philippe Pétain
The only wealth you possess is your labour...France will become again what she should never have ceased to be-an essentially agricultural nation. Like the giant of mythology, she will recover all her strength by contact with the soil. View quote
Philippe Pétain