"... We have a spirit but not a doctrine. This spirit is a spirit of solidarity, justice, freedom, respect for the human being. So diverse could be our beliefs, so dissimilar could be our backgrounds, we all have this common belief that it is for man a positive duty to devote himself and act; we therefore believe that all ways of life are not equivalent; we fight moral nihilism, whatever name it takes; we believe in the necessity, effectiveness of the effort ...

We are firmly convinced that, in our crumbled society, divisions are more artificial and less irreducible than they appear and that, in a common search for social peace and national unity, can be met people of good faith, free from any spirit of sect and party ...

The mere fact of joining our get-together does not imply anything else than the recognition of those principles and the consent to this program. Every one, in his own responsibility, continues to act in his environment, but with a greater zeal thanks to the feeling of cooperation ..."

André Maurois dans "Lyautey"