The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.

There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

God doesn't create imitations, so He designed you naturally. It’s ungratefulness to dream of putting on unnatural self. You have no right to fake God’s design!

I've never been in love, but if a penguin can find a soul mate, I'm sure I can, too.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man.

I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

In a marriage, every fight is the same fight, over and over again, in different forms.

I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.

Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty.

May the strength of Ares and wisdom of Athena see you through. (Eros) And may Hades roast your hoary soul. (Julian)

We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the truth.