Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted.

The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.

Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted.

The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.