The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.

God is dead but my hair is perfect.

The totalitarian state is not a force unleashed, the truth is in chains.

For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.

I definitely don't agree with that sort of rhetoric from the United States - this idea that all the major conflicts of our age need to be solved militarily.

I reject the idea that there is some sort of existential "clash of civilizations." I am an interventionist, but not a militarist. War should always be a last resort.

Islamic terrorists are new examples of an old problem with fascism.

Europe has certainly lost confidence in itself. This was something that, when I was a young man, we never imagined would happen.

Europe needs to develop a sense of collective history - we need to write books from a European perspective, to teach it in schools as well.

The only successful revolution of this century is totalitarianism.

I don't really believe in dialogue; I am too Nietzschean for that. We need to have a warrior conception of philosophy.

...when you enter a room, my wound opens, but there is light, always light, when you come in...

Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.

I think I've found someone with who I want to spend my life with and that person...Isn't you.

I resent my barber when he charges the full cost after he cuts my hair but he says he's charging me for finding it.

A lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation.

We need to look for water. Water, water, water, water.

You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.

If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.

Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.