I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.

Success and social promotion are not some right that anybody can claim after queuing at some [government office]. It is better: it is a right, a right that one can merit because of one's sweat.

Laissez-faire is finished. The all-powerful market that always knows best is finished.

I am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders.

There are remuneration packages that will no longer be tolerated because they bear no relation to merit. That those who create jobs and wealth may earn a lot of money is not shocking. But that those who contribute to destroying jobs and wealth also earn a lot of money is morally indefensible.

I don't give any gifts to the rich.

If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.