Nicolas Sarkozy Quotes & Sayings

“In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.”

“I love life too much to be bitter.”

“I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.”

“I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You are the eternal France, I love you.”

“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.”

“I am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders.”

“France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden... something of which I am not proud.”