Quotes from Nicolas Sarkozy

I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.

If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.

I want to issue a call to everyone in the world who believes in the values of tolerance, freedom, democracy, humanism, to all those who are persecuted by tyranny, by dictatorships.

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.