France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France.
France isn't just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the world. Sometimes directing or leading the way is not enough, he has to initiate policies, as Nicolas Sarkozy was able to demonstrate during his term.
France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
We, the French, are viscerally attached to our laicite, our sovereignty, our independence, our values. The world knows that when France is attacked, it is liberty that is dealt a blow.
France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.
If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France.
France needs to find something that makes it stand out. It's not enough for it to do almost as well as its neighbors.
All the evils of France have been produced less by the perversity of the wicked and the violence of fools than by the hesitation of the weak, the compromises of conscience, and the tardiness of patriotism. Let every deputy, every Frenchman show what he feels, what he thinks, and we are saved!
France is back.