Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
We are a big country with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time… to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.
We need the help of other member countries and leaders who like us want to see a change in Europe's direction. That's also my logic when I tell voters that electing me president will not only shape France's future but also initiate change across all of Europe.
Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history beyond our language beyond the links that have united us for so long what unites us today is the future.
That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth employment prosperity – in one word our future.
I don't want euro bonds that serve to mutualize the entire debt of the countries in the euro zone. That can only work in the longer-term. I want euro bonds to be used to finance targeted investments in future-oriented growth projects. It isn't the same thing. Let's call them 'project bonds' instead of euro bonds.
My adversary is the world of finance.
My real adversary has no name no face no party. It will never be elected yet it governs – the adversary is the world of finance.
We are near very near to an end to the eurozone crisis… The worst – in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up – is over. But the best isn't there yet.
I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith but in the frame of our common rules of secularism.
Each country has a soul and France's soul is equality.
An education program is by definition a societal program. Work should be done at school rather than at home.
I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.