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  • I love life too much to be bitter.

    "Sarkozy Tells His Aides He Is Quitting Active Politics" by Sanya Khetani, www.businessinsider.com. May 07, 2012.
  • Canadians are friends and Quebecers are my family. What France knows deep down is that within this great Canadian people, there is a Quebec nation. I do not see how proving my family, brotherly love for Quebec should be strengthened by defying Canada.

    People   Canada   France  
  • 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.

    Summer meeting of the Young Populars in La Baule, September 04, 2005.
  • 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.

    Running   Lying   Talking  
  • 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.

    Israel   Years   Europe  
  • What is dangerous is not minarets, but basements and garages that hide clandestine places of worship. Thus we must choose between mosques, where we know that the rules of the republic are respected, and secret places where extremism has been developing for too long,.

  • I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

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

  • I am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders.

    Party   Men   Leader  
  • America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who - with their hands, their intelligence and their heart - built the greatest nation in the world: "Come, and everything will be given to you." She said: "Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent."

    Country   Heart   Men  
    "Renewing the French-American Alliance". www.realclearpolitics.com. November 7, 2007.
  • With the world in turmoil and doubt, the American people, faithful to the values that have always defined America's identity, have expressed with force their faith in progress and the future. At a time when we must face huge challenges together, your election has raised enormous hope in France, in Europe and beyond.

    Europe   America   People  
    "Electing Obama Sends Message To The World". "NPR News" with Eric Westervelt, www.npr.org. November 05, 2008.
  • We live in a world where people don't all have the same scruples, where all blows can be given, and where, in order to down somebody, all means can be used. Nothing will lead me astray from the path that I have chosen.

    Mean   Blow   Order  
    Le Monde, 2005.
  • We want to put a stop to tax havens. We want results on this, with a list of tax havens and a series of consequences.

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

  • From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia but were rather the most realistic policy there is and the most likely to improve the fate of each and every person.

    Dream   Fate   Rights  
    Nicolas Sarkozy's Speech before U.S. Congress, www.nysun.com. November 7, 2007.
  • If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.

    Country   People   France  
    UMP meeting, April 22, 2007.
  • To be a young Gaullist is to be a revolutionary!

    National meeting of UDR in Nice, June 1975.
  • 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

    Needs   Fuel   Fossils  
  • Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded.

    Europe   Choices   Needs  
  • 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.

    "The secret of outstanding leadership" by Lisa Bachelor, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2010.
  • We must defend freedom of expression and if I had to chose, I prefer the excess of caricature over the excess of censure.

  • 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.

    "Socialist Francois Hollande defeats Nicolas Sarkozy in French presidential election", www.foxnews.com. May 6, 2012.
  • The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.

    Vices   Burgers   Miami  
    "Sh*t Sarkozy Says: The 14 Best Quotes From France's Pugnacious President". www.businessinsider.com. February 01, 2012.
  • I am deeply worried because we are seeing an unleashing of violence by 2,000 to 3,000 thugs who come to smash and loot. My objective is to avoid mistakes by the police, so that people can protest in safety.

    Mistake   Thug   People  
  • The French people have chosen change. This change I will put into place.

    People   Chosen  
  • Each time there is a news story, sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals.

  • 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.

    People   Might   Poor  
    Interview with Charlie Rose, January 31, 2007.
  • I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.

    "Sarkozy: Tough in campaign, gracious in defeat" By Peter Wilkinson, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2012.
  • It's disrespectful to tell the French in the morning that you're going to reduce the debt, in the evening that you're not going to make any savings, and the next morning, after thinking about it, that you're going to spend more.

  • I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.

    Liars   Bears  
    "Obama and Sarkozy Are Appeasers to Evil" by Michael Goodwin, www.foxnews.com. November 10, 2011.
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    Nicolas Sarkozy

    • Born: January 28, 1955
    • Occupation: Former President of France