What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

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.

To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.

In my wildest dreams I never thought - well, I never thought I'd work.

Generally, I love traveling because it's great to see new places.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.

Whenever I ravel I seek the benefits of this great profession of chiropractic

Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.

No matter how quietly homophobia is whispered, it doesn't make it any less loud. You can't whisper hate.

I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.

I come from a very left wing Socialist family, anti-war and anti-empire.

When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.