Nicolas Sarkozy Quotes (50 Quotes)

Some 85 percent of jobs created in the past 25 years have been in the public sector -- in other words financed by taxes.

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.

The state of emergency has been, is and will be applied with discretion, ... The stakes are considerable. If republican order does not rule in these neighborhoods, gangs and extremists will.

Many people living in these neighborhoods suffer. But nothing can excuse such useless, such blind violence like we saw,

Seventy-nine is naturally too many. The future cannot be built on violence.

We must create conditions for dialogue. All this must end as soon as possible, because each day that goes by strengthens conditions for confrontations, for problems, and maybe even for tragedy.

Immigration laws allow expulsions. I am the interior minister and I will apply the law...All those who wish to commit acts of violence will be brought to justice,

I speak with real words, ... When you fire real bullets at police, you're not a 'youth,' you're a thug.

It's normal that protests cause bother, but they cannot be held in a way that paralyses the country,

those people that nobody else in the world wants.

France must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who receive benefits.

Each time there is a news story, sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals,

The attitude is that the people are French before they are anything else,

The government's policy is firmness, composure and moderation,

One asks himself why a certain number of young French people are in Pakistan in religious schools, ... It's not normal that an individual who lives in our neighborhoods leaves all of a sudden for four months in Afghanistan, three months in Syria. We want to know who is going where, for how long, and when they come back.

The government wants to save this company, ... The worst case would lead to the disappearance of the company, which everyone would regret.

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

None of us has a choice, ... We have to succeed. We will not budge a centimeter.

By accepting people to whom we unfortunately cannot propose work or housing, we are finding ourselves in a situation where we are having tragedies like this,

Even before we know the precise results of the analyses (on the products seized), it was better to arrest them before rather than wait until after,

If a wife is kept hostage at home without learning French, the whole family will be asked to leave (the country).

We want to allow families to return to football stadiums and feel safe. It was about time.

The France that gets up early to go to work in the morning

We are not afraid of being isolated or standing alone,

This individual is a specialist in computers and in radio communication services,

French people want us to re-establish the order of the republic, ... We will answer their expectation, because we can't build a future in violence.

Terrorists are using the Internet in an extraordinary way. We will target Internet cafes because we realize terrorists are going to these cafes because they have guaranteed anonymity there,

When there's a misunderstanding, one must make a compromise. This word is not a bad word.

If we want to restore hope to the French people, great changes are essential.

The situation would be schizophrenic, in the morning they would ask us to cut spending and in the afternoon they would want us to pay more to the EU budget.

Being able to find a compromise is about being brave and serving France. It is what the UMP asks for and expects.

The violent events that happened in our territory, and the people responsible for the violence will be arrested and punished.

Once this crisis is overcome and calm is restored, each must also understand that there's also a certain feeling of injustice in some neighborhoods, ... I have thought this for a long time, and said it as well.

For a period of 12 days, searches will be possible every time we suspect possession of weapons, ... systematically apprehend troublemakers and systematically prevent a spread of violence.

I want these people to be able to live in peace.

Your assembly is today called to vote on the means to dissuade and combat one of the most barbarous and pernicious forms of violence terrorism. The ingredients of this menace exist, the plans for violent action on our soil are real.

I think some people wanted to exploit this thing for political ends.

He was a man of peace, ... He had managed to establish a spiritual dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and other churches. We won't forget his message.

What is dangerous is not minarets, but basements and garages that hide clandestine places of worship. Thus we must choose between mosques, where we know that the rules of the republic are respected, and secret places where extremism has been developing for too long,

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.

Once the crisis is over, everyone will have to understand there are a certain number of injustices in some neighborhoods. We are trying to be firm and avoid any provocation. We have to avoid any risk of explosion, ... scum.

Certain robbery operations were being prepared. The link between terrorism and the robberies is very clear.

The trust that German voters showed in you confirms that the ideas and values that we share are correct.

If someone shoots at the police, he is not a 'youth,' he is a thug,

Some people start further back because they have a handicap - color, culture or the district they come from. So we have to help them.

For a period of 12 days, raids will be possible every time that we have a suspicion of a stockpiling of weapons,

I remain convinced that the problems we have in the suburbs have been going on for 30 to 40 years.

We will now be able to act in a preventative manner to avoid these incidents, ... The policy of the government is firm, level-headed and measured.

Either the facts are proved, and in that case there will be disciplinary action, or these are lies and in that case I reserve the right to protect the honor of men whose work allowed lives to be saved. I will publish all elements of this inquiry.

We no longer want an immigration that is inflicted (on us) but an immigration that is chosen, this is the founding principle of the new immigration policy I advocate.