Sarkozy Ex 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. — Nicolas Sarkozy

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. — 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. — Nicolas Sarkozy

Political scientists have often described Gaullism as a sort of Bonapartism. I myself have occasionally compared Sarkozy to Napoleon Bonaparte. — Max Gallo

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

In 2012, those French Muslim people voted massively for Francois Hollande against Nicolas Sarkozy. With the results of elections getting even tighter, those votes can make the difference. I am obviously not in favour of a "community electorate," however, pressure is so great on them that I can easily understand how it can affect their votes. — Tariq Ramadan

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. — Nicolas Sarkozy

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

It is hard to believe, but the phrase 'workshop of the world' was originally coined for Britain, which today, according to Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has 'no industry'. Having successfully launched the Industrial Revolution before other countries, Britain became such a dominant industrial power by the mid nineteenth century that it felt confident enough to completely liberalize its trade (see Thing 7). In 1860, it produced 20 per cent of world manufacturing output. In 1870, it accounted for 46 per cent of world trade in manufactured goods. The current Chinese share in world exports is only around 17 per cent (as of 2007), even though 'everything' seems to be made in China, so you can imagine the extent of British dominance then. — Ha-Joon Chang

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. — Nicolas Sarkozy

If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy. — Francois Hollande

Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded. — Nicolas Sarkozy

France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden ... something of which I am not proud. — Nicolas Sarkozy

Canadians are friends and Quebecers are my family. What France knows deep down is that within this great Canadian people, there is a Quebec nation. I do not see how proving my family, brotherly love for Quebec should be strengthened by defying Canada. — Nicolas Sarkozy

I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity. — Nicolas Sarkozy

We are all hoping that he will recover his legendary vitality as quickly as possible, ... Chi-rac! Chi-rac! — Nicolas Sarkozy

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

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

Laissez-faire is finished. The all-powerful market that always knows best is finished. — Nicolas Sarkozy

The goal is to meet the challenge of racial interbreeding ... — Nicolas Sarkozy

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

Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal style" was their "brand." ("It" starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team. Sorry to be politically insensitive, but who would give a hoot about Tibet if it weren't for the look and style of the Dalai Lama?) Boss at any level: You're either on the "it" boat-or not. — Tom Peters

We must defend freedom of expression and if I had to chose, I prefer the excess of caricature over the excess of censure. — Nicolas Sarkozy

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

You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's ridiculous. I refused because I don't like decorations - except on women. — Azzedine Alaia

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

Nicolas Sarkozy said he could see a wave rising. For once he was right. The wave's coming; it's high, its strong, and it's going to smack him in the face. — Francois Hollande

Francois Hollande is an intelligent man. I do not have a problem with him. The only thing is, he has never held office at the state level. Honestly, can you imagine Francois Hollande as president of France? Imagine it! — Nicolas Sarkozy

Nothing is more destructive than the gap between people's perceptions of their own day-to-day economic well-being and what politicians and statisticians are telling them about the economy — Nicolas Sarkozy

He was enraged and bitter and hoped for a personal meeting with Sarkozy where he would recount to him France's colonial history in Africa and make him see reasons why her policy of assimilation was a voyage to the destruction of Africa, its people, land, culture and sense of belonging. — S.A. David