A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.

There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

Everything I do you are here to give me an assurance that I will succeed. What an awesome Father you are.

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.

I'm not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I'm not that guy. I don't want people being like, 'Yeah, he should have stuck with drama.' It would not be my choice to have critics mumbling that.

Never assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol than you are a musician because you own a guitar.

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them

I always wanted to interview Michael Jackson, because I just wanted to humanize him.

It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]

Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.

Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion.