Segolene Royal

“I don't want a Europe that is just a free-trade area attached to NATO. Even less do I want a Europe where it's everyone against everyone, and social and fiscal dumping replaces solidarity.”

“I do not mix up Bush's America with the American people. The American people are our friends.”

“The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush.”

“My diplomatic position will not consist of going and kneeling down in front of George Bush.”

“As a mother, the things that I wanted for my own four children, I want for all the children of France.”

“I have a sense of urgency, of time. I am a woman and am always running between work, doctors' appointments, school meetings, filling up the fridge, then going back to work. Like everyone who combines professional and family life, I am always doing several things at the same time.”

“I want to be indifferent to vengeance. It's degrading. Not having a spirit of vengeance protects me, internally.”

“People better get used to the idea that I exist.”