France is the nation of the rights of man. ... I am sure that none of you commits the insult of thinking that the government, the army, or the administration could wish for and organize torture. (Jean Monnet)

France is the nation of the rights of man. ... I am sure that none of you commits the insult of thinking that the government, the army, or the administration could wish for and organize torture.

Jean Monnet

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