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!
More Quotes by Pierre Laval
I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake.
I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.
We have given most of Europe to Hitler. Let us try to hold on to what we have got left.
I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now.
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.
I feel that an understanding could be reached with Germany which would result in a lasting peace with Europe and believe that a German victory is preferable to a British and Soviet victory.