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

I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.

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

Nothing is more destructive than the gap between people's perceptions of their own day-to-day economic well-being and what politicians and statisticians are telling them about the economy

You won't hear from me again.

You are the eternal France, I love you.