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

Not to intermarry racially is bad for the survival of the country.

The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.

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

I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.

I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

I love life too much to be bitter.