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Nicolas Sarkozy
17 quotes
“To be a young Gaullist is to be a revolutionary!”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: National meeting of UDR in Nice, June 1975
“We live in a world where people don't all have the same scruples, where all blows can be given, and where, in order to down somebody, all means can be used. Nothing will lead me astray from the path that I have chosen.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Le Monde, 2005
“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 (born 1955) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Charlie Rose, televised 31 January 2007
“If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here. France is a country that's open.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Charlie Rose, televised 31 January 2007
“I want to issue a call to everyone in the world who believes in the values of tolerance, freedom, democracy, humanism, to all those who are persecuted by tyranny, by dictatorships.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nicolas Sarkozy: Victory speech excerpts 6 May 2007
“If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.”
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“The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.”
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“Casse toi alors, pauvre con.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sarkozy outburst at farming fair, BBC News online, 24 February 2008
“Canadians are friends and Quebecers are my family.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What France knows deep down is that within this great Canadian people, there is a Quebec nation.”
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“I do not see how proving my family, brotherly love for Quebec should be strengthened by defying Canada.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: October 18, 2008, Sarkozy becomes the first French President to address the National Assembly of Quebec.
“L'islamisation de l'Europe est inéluctable.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversation with Philippe de Villiers, quoted in The Brussels Journal (6 June 2009)
“I cannot bear Netanyahu, he's a liar.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Telling to Obama, Nov 8, 2011.
“This case has been for me the stations of the cross. But if that was the price to pay for the truth to come out, I am ready to accept it … I still have confidence in the justiceof our country.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“"Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption" (MARCH 1, 2021)”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As the holder of the presidency of the European Union, I considered it important for Europe to condemn firmly these blind, cowardly and inhuman attacks. On this occasion, I wish to assure you of the full solidarity of the 27 member-states of the EU and their determination to fight alongside the Indian government to eradicate the scourge of terrorism.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Condemning "blind, cowardly and inhuman attacks" on Bangalore and Ahmedabad in 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
“What happened today... is of extreme gravity in regard to the rule of law, and for the trust one can have in the justice system," Sarkozy said outside the court building. [...] If they absolutely want me to sleep in jail, I will sleep in jail, but with my head held high.”
Nicolas Sarkozy (born 1955) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: George Wright andHugh Schofield, Former French president Sarkozy given five-year sentence after Libya case, bbc.com, 25 September 2025