Pierre Laval

It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man.

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.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.