French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015), Birth: 21-8-1967
1.
I would rather die standing than live kneeling
Charb
2.
When activists need a pretext to justify their violence, they always find it.
Charb
3.
I am not afraid of retaliations. I don't have kids. I don't have a wife, no car, no credit. It may seem pompous, but I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.
Charb
4.
Our job isn't to defend freedom of speech, but without freedom of speech we are dead. We can't live in a country without freedom of speech. I prefer to die than live like a rat.
Charb
5.
So let's talk about Islam the way we talk about everything else.