Bao Dai quotes:

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.

I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.

The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.