Political rivals attacked me. I was savagely beaten. I was kicked in the face and I lost my eye as a result.

Im always suspicious of people who repent of other peoples sins.

You must either suffer in this life or give up the hope of seeing God in Heaven. Sufferings and persecutions are of the greatest avail to us, because we can find therein a very efficient means to make atonement for our sins, since we are bound to suffer for them either in this world or in the next.

O my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven! There we shall see God. How happy we shall feel! If the parish is converted we shall go there in procession with the parish priest at the head. . . We must get to heaven! What a pity it would be if some of you were to find yourselves on the other side!

Marine Le Pen may want me dead, that's possible, but she must not count on my co-operation

You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so.

As for me, even though I have been accused of anti-Semitism countless times, no one has ever heard me make anti-Semitic statements or engage in anti-Semitic behavior.