Germany and France are pinning their hopes on young people, in terms of education, science and innovation.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.

To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.

My odd feelings of the other week seem to me quite ridiculous today: I can no longer enter into them.

The thing is, we [celebrities are] all just people living our lives, doing our thing. But, I honestly tend to live in my own little world, and am blissfully unaware of so much.

Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.

It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of bringing out the anonymous personality of these things.

I didn't want to use anything as a crutch and ever have excuses heading into a match.

The government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

If you would truly bring peace to the world, identify with that place within you where you are Peace.

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.