"Although I am not a legalist when it comes to the conquest of power, I am one when it comes to the exercise of power.…"

"What the Nationalists are once again trying to revive is the state of mind, or rather, the passions of 1912–13... Hit…"

"In all this rallying of the forces which stand for peaceful and tolerant solutions of world problems, M. Blum has ren…"

"By 1937 France's Prime Minister Léon Blum had embraced the notion that concessions to Germany in both Eastern Europe …"

"What interested me in Blum as a Jew was precisely that: the hatred he aroused. We find it hard today even to imagine …"

"On a personal level, it turns out that Blum was, in an unusual sort of way, charismatic. He was so obviously honest, …"

"[H]e was converted by Jaurès to Socialism, became his most faithful disciple and succeeded him as leader. Along with …"

"Le désir de s'enrichir est leur passion dominante, et à vrai dire leur seule passion."

"I desire, if by any possibility I should become a priest, to be a missionary, and if I am a missionary to be a martyr."

"Persecution is upon us; it will be terrible; we will pass through torrents of blood."