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

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.

I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.

The music of rebellion makes you want to rageBut it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age

A society that lives by worldly principles is slowly moving towards a global crisis in all areas

Somewhat, lawbreakers are lawmakers for they give lawmakers real reasons to make and strengthen laws

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

I'm not the Hollywood type. I'm not going to pack up my bags and let me move to Hollywood and stuff like that.

The State is the Divine idea as it exists on Earth.

Americans are fickle. And what constitutes the enemy is always changing. Believe it or not, at one time Blacks were the favored model minority over Asian Americans.

I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went.

When we travel we find how greatly our boyhood dreams are outstripped by reality.

In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.