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

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

I love life too much to be bitter.

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.

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot at the same time demand us to increase our dues.

There are remuneration packages that will no longer be tolerated because they bear no relation to merit. That those who create jobs and wealth may earn a lot of money is not shocking. But that those who contribute to destroying jobs and wealth also earn a lot of money is morally indefensible.