Quotes from Emmanuel Macron

The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.

I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.

I think when people have pudding and jobs, they vote for you.

If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.

You need a debate and a vote on the principles: Do you want more Europe or less Europe? Do you believe we are more efficient with defense and security with Europe, or not? Do you believe we are more efficient for our companies with or without Europe? Those are the questions we have to discuss and push our people to vote on it.

I will do everything to make sure you never have reason again to vote for extremes.

No matter who you voted for, I do not hold anything against you.

I know the divisions in our nation that led some to extreme votes. I respect them.

Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of the enlightenment everywhere.

Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of Enlightenment, threatened in so many places.

We need young Frenchmen who want to become billionaires.

You have to learn to fight for things, to bear the burden and have a life which does not in any way correspond to other peoples' lives.

Our mission... it will be difficult, it will take time, it will be demanding for all men and women... will be to act in such a way that French people of the Muslim faith are always more proud of being French than of being Muslim.

The best way to afford a suit is to work.

The functioning of our society is in a certain way sclerotic.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the initiative.

I have a vision of my country, and I cannot sit and watch things pass by.

I kept trying, proposing, pushing... If you want to succeed, you cannot leave work half done, and unfortunately, many things were left half done. The choice was made not to launch a second wave of economic reforms that I was proposing.

I don't want to create a too-big-to-fail player.

The financial passport is part of full access to the E.U. market, and a precondition for that is the contribution to the E.U. budget. That has been the case in Norway and in Switzerland. That is clear.

I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.

Under the French system, you have to take into consideration that every five years, the president is directly elected by the people. He's the one that has the legitimacy.

We need to deal with the economy and the moral weakness of the country.