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.

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

Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded.

What made America great was her ability to transform her own dream into hope for all mankind.

Success and social promotion are not some right that anybody can claim after queuing at some [government office]. It is better: it is a right, a right that one can merit because of one's sweat.

I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share win.

The goal is to meet the challenge of racial interbreeding.