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> [What is dangerous is not minarets, but basements and garages that hide clandestine places of worship. Thus we must choose between mosques, where we know that the rules of the republic are respected, and secret places where extremism has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/what-is-dangerous-is-not-minarets-but-basements-and-garages-that-hide/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

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## More by Nicolas Sarkozy

> [Nothing is more destructive than the gap between people's perceptions of their own day-to-day economic well-being and what politicians and statisticians are telling them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/nothing-is-more-destructive-than-the-gap-between-people-s-perceptions/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/i-hope-that-france-and-all-of-europe-we-would-take-an-initiative-for/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [Canadians are friends and Quebecers are my family. What France knows deep down is that within this great Canadian people, there is a Quebec…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/canadians-are-friends-and-quebecers-are-my-family-what-france-knows/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [“What made America great was her ability to transform her own dream into hope for all mankind. America did not tell the millions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/what-made-america-great-was-her-ability-to-transform-her-own-dream/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [We live in a world where people don't all have the same scruples, where all blows can be given, and where, in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/we-live-in-a-world-where-people-don-t-all-have-the-same-scruples/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/it-s-disrespectful-to-tell-the-french-in-the-morning-that-you-re/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [Not to intermarry racially is bad for the survival of the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/not-to-intermarry-racially-is-bad-for-the-survival-of-the-country/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/i-cannot-bear-netanyahu-he-s-a-liar/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/europe-is-not-a-choice-it-is-a-necessity-but-it-needs-to-be-rethought/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/i-fought-for-the-values-of-responsibility-and-i-m-not-a-man-who-does/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/france-now-has-a-new-president-and-he-must-be-respected-i-assume-full/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [What is dangerous is not minarets, but basements and garages that hide clandestine places of worship. Thus we must choose between mosques, where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/what-is-dangerous-is-not-minarets-but-basements-and-garages-that-hide/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/perhaps-the-mistake-i-made-at-the-start-of-my-mandate-is-not/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/i-committed-myself-totally-fully-but-i-didn-t-succeed-in-convincing-a/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

> [You won't hear from me again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-sarkozy/you-won-t-hear-from-me-again/)

[Nicolas Sarkozy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-sarkozy/)

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