When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.
Emmanuel Macron
We need people who dream impossible things, who maybe fail, sometimes succeed, but in any case who have that ambition.
I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.
Globalization can be a great opportunity.
To create greater convergence, we need more intergration.
I will fight with all my power against the divisions that undermine us and which are tearing us apart.
The refugee crisis shows we can't be isolated from the world's geopolitical troubles.
Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.
Consolidation means less equipment, less networks, and less jobs.
To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want.
Through work, education, and culture, I will give hope to our country.
We're not isolated from the world. The world knocks on our door.
I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.
I bring the spirit of French conquest.
If approval was a criterion in this country, nothing would ever get done.
Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk.
The status quo leads to self-destruction.
I don't want a tailor-made approach where the British have the best of two worlds. That will be too big an incentive for others to leave and kill the European idea, which is based on shared responsibilities.
Modernity is disruptive, and I endorse that.
France has to reform, to recover, and get more competitiveness.
I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.
The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.
Long live the Republic, long live France.
I think when people have pudding and jobs, they vote for you.
I am attached to a strict approach to Brexit: I respect the British vote, but the worst thing would be a sort of weak E.U. vis-a-vis the British.
I am not a socialist.
I've taken my time. I've thought about it; I've consulted, and I've decided that we are going to create a new political movement, one that will be neither on the Right or the Left.
Political experience is political inefficacy.
I touched the limits of our political system, which pushes one to last-minute compromises. Explanations are rarely given. It plays to people's fears because it hasn't built an ideological consensus. It produces flawed solutions and too often ignores reality.
I want France to become the European hub for R&D.
You need a debate and a vote on the principles: Do you want more Europe or less Europe? Do you believe we are more efficient with defense and security with Europe, or not? Do you believe we are more efficient for our companies with or without Europe? Those are the questions we have to discuss and push our people to vote on it.
The refugee crisis is a challenge for the whole of Europe, and Europe - it's a very fair point to say it's not just a security issue. It's also an economic issue.
We have to breathe new life into Europe.
Never boo or hiss at my rallies. That is for people with no hope.
I want to help with Muslim integration. If you follow the line of Marine Le Pen, you create a civil war.
Democratic states must have access to content exchanged between terrorists on social media and instant messaging.
I'm a child of provincial France.
I don't want to create a too-big-to-fail player.
I am not shy. I am for an open society. I am for a progressive world. I do not propose to reform France; I propose to transform it at its deepest level.
I want to become the president of all the people of France - the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists.
I realised how much the system did not want to change.
We have no choice but to reform this country.
The best way to afford a suit is to work.
As to the euro zone avant-garde, it must go towards more solidarity and integration: a common budget, a common borrowing capability, and fiscal convergence.
We have a huge responsibility to make sure that Europe remains a prosperous and peaceful continent.
I come all wreathed in a reputation the press has made for me. Judge me on my actions. That's all that counts.
People find it difficult to accept something that is sincere and unique.
I have a vision of my country, and I cannot sit and watch things pass by.
Popularity isn't an objective in itself. I'm not in this game.
Our mission... it will be difficult, it will take time, it will be demanding for all men and women... will be to act in such a way that French people of the Muslim faith are always more proud of being French than of being Muslim.
