Nicolas Sarkozy

“In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.”

“I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.”

“אלו שקוראים באופן שערורייתי להשמדתה של ישראל ימצאו תמיד – תמיד – את צרפת, שתחסום את דרכם.”

“על טורקיה לבחון שוב את ההיסטוריה שלה כפי שעשו בעבר מדינות גדולות אחרות כגון גרמניה וצרפת.”

“מה שאני עושה, אני עושה מתוך תשוקה. כשדברים משתנים, אני גם משתנה ועושה משהו אחר.”

“באופן כללי אני לא קורא מה שכותבים עליי. כי אני אף פעם לא מרוצה. אם זו ביקורת אני מוצא אותה לא הוגנת; אם זו שבחים, זה אף פעם לא מספיק.”

“אהיה נשיא של כל הצרפתים.”

“Francois Hollande is an intelligent man. I do not have a problem with him. The only thing is, he has never held office at the state level. Honestly, can you imagine Francois Hollande as president of France? Imagine it!”

“I don't give any gifts to the rich.”

“I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.”

“I love life too much to be bitter.”

“France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.”

“You are the eternal France, I love you.”

“Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.”

“A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.”

“France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden... something of which I am not proud.”

“The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it.”

“I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.”

“It's disrespectful to tell the French in the morning that you're going to reduce the debt, in the evening that you're not going to make any savings, and the next morning, after thinking about it, that you're going to spend more.”

“I am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders.”