We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.

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.

Thank God for the grace of life.

We all have our times of anger. It’s when we hang onto that anger it becomes a poison to our heart and mind.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

We're always looking roughly 30 years behind us. In the '80s they were obsessed with the '50s and so on.

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.

Not fat, just not anorexic. She's soft in all the right places.

I try not to respond with a pep talk, such as, "Everyone has talent, just try, you'll see." I skirt those kinds of answers.

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.

They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.

Never sell tomorrow short. There's plenty to get excited about. Be filled with expectation, hope and confidence. Believe something good is going to happen - and it usually will.