Nicolas Sarkozy Quotes

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• 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 fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.
• You are the eternal France, I love you.
• 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.
• France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.
• 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…
• I don't give any gifts to the rich.
• 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 win.
• Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent.
• We are all hoping that he will recover his legendary vitality as quickly as possible, ... Chi-rac! Chi-rac!
• I am deeply worried because we are seeing an unleashing of violence by 2,000 to 3,000 thugs who come to smash and loot. My objective…
• France must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who receive benefits.
• Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot…
• America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who-with their hands, their intelligence and…
• 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.
• We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax…
• I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.
• The goal is to meet the challenge of racial interbreeding...
• Not to intermarry racially is bad for the survival of the country.

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