I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden...something of which I am not proud.

France must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who receive benefits.

From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia but were rather the most realistic policy there is and the most likely to improve the fate of each and every person.

If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here. France is a country that's open.

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.