Léon Blum(1872-1950)

[testifying at the trial of Philippe Pétain] This population believed what it had been told because the man who had uttered these words spoke with the authority of his great military past, in the name of glory and victory, in the name of the army, in the name of honour. So that for me is the key issue: the massive and atrocious abuse of moral confidence. Yes, I think that can be called treason.