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

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

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

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.

We are all hoping that he will recover his legendary vitality as quickly as possible, ... Chi-rac! Chi-rac!

I don't give any gifts to the rich.

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