Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.

It is with great satisfaction that I learned of the adoption by consensus of the Durban Declaration against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and the intolerance associated with it

I do not separate France from Europe.

Yes to market economy, no to market society.

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France.

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.

I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.

The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations.

I remain attached to my nation.

Time can be strange sometimes. It can leave imprints in particular places, leaving ghosts of memories trapped.

There is always something about the villains that I'm able to play, quote unquote, that isn't villainous.

Friends of mine that are from here or that have spent time here have told me about Israel and how warm the people are and that I should someday come here.

Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.

Life, just as we first thought, is playing grownup.

He [Vaclav Havel] did love music. And so much about the Czech revolution was about music.

Transforma as tuas feridas em sabedoria!

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.

There is some talk of lowering (the income tax), and they will have to. People are not making enough to pay it.