Nicolas Sarkozy > Quotes

“What made America great was her ability to transform her own dream into hope for all mankind. America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who -- with their hands, their intelligence and their heart -- built the greatest nation in the world: ‘Come, and everything will be given to you.’ She said: ‘Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent.”
― Nicolas Sarkozy

“Je ne suis pas quelqu'un qui aime se plaindre, qui cherche à apitoyer ou à susciter la commisération. Je ne le serai jamais.”
― Nicolas Sarkozy, Le Journal d'un prisonnier

“Here, both the humblest and the most illustrious citizens alike know that nothing is owed to them and that everything has to be earned. That's what constitutes the moral value of America. America did not teach men the idea of freedom; she taught them how to practice it.”
― Nicolas Sarkozy Addressing Congress in 2007

“Mourir, c'est pas facile.”
― Nicolas Sarkozy