Laissez-faire is finished. The all-powerful market that always knows best is finished. — Nicolas Sarkozy
France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat. — Nicolas Sarkozy
France is the country with the highest taxes in europe along with sweden…something of which I am not proud. — Nicolas Sarkozy
A page is turning for me. I won’t be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come. — Nicolas Sarkozy
I fought for the values of responsibility, and I’m not a man who does not accept his responsibilities. — Nicolas Sarkozy
I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn’t succeed in convincing a majority of french… — Nicolas Sarkozy
Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic — Nicolas Sarkozy
It’s disrespectful to tell the french in the morning that you’re going to reduce the debt — Nicolas Sarkozy
In a presidential campaign, you can’t lie. You can’t hide what you are and what you want. — Nicolas Sarkozy
I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. — Nicolas Sarkozy
I hope that france – and all of europe – we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the — Nicolas Sarkozy