Nicolas Sarkozy Quotes - Page 2

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• Success and social promotion are not some right that anybody can claim after queuing at some [government office]. It is better: it is a right, a right that one can merit because of one's sweat.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Government, Sweat, Office

  Summer meeting of the Young Populars in La Baule, September 04, 2005.

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• From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia but were rather the most realistic policy there is and the most likely to improve the fate of each and every person.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Dream, Fate, Rights

  Nicolas Sarkozy's Speech before U.S. Congress, www.nysun.com. November 7, 2007.

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• 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.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  People, Might, Poor

  Interview with Charlie Rose, January 31, 2007.

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• 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 is to avoid mistakes by the police, so that people can protest in safety.

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  Mistake, Thug, People

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• Nothing - I mean nothing - and no-one - I mean no-one - will stop me going through to the end, and trying to be ready for the challenge of 2007.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Mean, Challenges, Trying

  "The secret of outstanding leadership" by Lisa Bachelor, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2010.

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• 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 at the same time demand us to increase our dues.

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  Europe, Demand, France

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• Franchement, quand je survole certains pays européens (les éoliennes) ne donne pas envie. (Frankly, when I fly over some European countries, their turbines don't fill me with envy.)

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  Country, Wind, Envy

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• I don't give any gifts to the rich.

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  Giving, Rich

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• 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.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Winning, Majority, Succeed

  "Socialist Francois Hollande defeats Nicolas Sarkozy in French presidential election", www.foxnews.com. May 6, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Morning, Thinking, Saving

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• 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.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Good Luck, Wish, President

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• There are remuneration packages that will no longer be tolerated because they bear no relation to merit. That those who create jobs and wealth may earn a lot of money is not shocking. But that those who contribute to destroying jobs and wealth also earn a lot of money is morally indefensible.

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  Jobs, May, Bears

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• I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

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  Israel, Years, Europe

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• We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Needs, Fuel, Fossils

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

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Party, Men, Leader

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• We want to put a stop to tax havens. We want results on this, with a list of tax havens and a series of consequences.

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  Want, Lists, Results

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

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  War, Competition, Unemployment

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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.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Running, People, Needs

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

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  Responsibility, Men, Doe

  "Sarkozy: Tough in campaign, gracious in defeat" By Peter Wilkinson, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2012.

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• I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Country, Heart, People

  "Sarkozy: Tough in campaign, gracious in defeat" by Peter Wilkinson, www.cnn.com. May 06, 2012.

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• 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 solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.

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  Jobs, Mistake, Understanding

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• The French people have chosen change. This change I will put into place.

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  People, Chosen

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• A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Pages, Election, Candidates

  "France election: Nicolas Sarkozy says he is quitting politics for good" by Henry Samuel, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 7, 2012.

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• The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Vices, Burgers, Miami

  "Sh*t Sarkozy Says: The 14 Best Quotes From France's Pugnacious President". www.businessinsider.com. February 01, 2012.

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• France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Responsibility, President, France

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