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.

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.

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.

I am unique.I have mission.I have a calling.I will fulfill my highest potential and calling.

There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it.

There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.

When my children do wrong I ache to hear their stumbling requests for forgiveness. I'm sure our heavenly Father aches even more deeply to hear from us.

I don't think I am particularly funny. In fact, I know I'm not.

If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

When the so-called think tanks began to replace the thought processes of human beings, I called them the aseptic tanks.

In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too