“The final balance of Comète is that we repatriated 700 pilots to England, but if we do the numbers for all those who died in Comète, you get a minimum of 700 people as well, which is obviously one death per pilot saved. But I think that many of these people who died wouldn’t regret it.”
“Often, young people say to me, ‘What do we need to do to have a better life in a world that currently is moving toward violence and selfishness?’ Because there is a frightening selfishness, a horrible selfishness in the world. So I tell them, the good that is the most precious is liberty.”
“My chief in Brussels said, ‘It’s a very dangerous work, because we think that you can work three months, three or four months maximum.’”
