My adversary is the world of finance.

Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.

Symbols mean a lot in politics. They indicate a will and create new realities.

We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'

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.

Nicolas Sarkozy said he could see a wave rising. For once he was right. The wave's coming; it's high, its strong, and it's going to smack him in the face.

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.