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

Nothing - I mean nothing - and no-one - I mean no-one - will stop me going through to the end, and trying to be ready for the challenge of 2007.

A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.

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.

We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less

Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent.

The French people have chosen change. This change I will put into place.