In this country, we don't dare to pronounce the word 'Arab' or 'black,' ... Because of political blindness, we're prevented from thinking progress is possible. The multicolored composition will become commonplace in businesses and communities once we're no longer afraid of describing French of color.

France, which needs to find itself and come together, cannot move forward into the future without facing its past with courage.

The youths in the suburbs don't fear the new contract because they've had enough of job insecurity.

It is by fighting the discriminations of which young people are victims that we will re-establish order, the order of equality. Not by bringing out more CRS (riot police).

[Such] warlike ... contests this method of becoming submerged by imprecise, warlike semantics.