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.

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.

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.

A large country with such outstanding economic performance as Germany cannot forget that it owes some of its success to demand from other European countries.

Book sense makes sense because someone has gone through it before and able to share it with you. Your job is to listen and discern.

War is like love, it always finds a way.

The citadel of Machaerus rose east of the Dead Sea on a basalt Peak shaped like a cone, girdled by four deep valleys; two about its sides, one in front, and the fourth behind.

I've parked my solo thing in a lay-by and jumped in another vehicle and I'm in that now.

An act of evil is the death of wonder

Seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books.

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

Survival must come before civilization.

The plight of uninsured children, elderly persons, and so many others whose lack of health insurance is genuinely a national scandal.