[following the ISIS attacks in Paris, 2016] We will lead the fight. We will be merciless.

[in a speech, July 22, 2012, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the deportation of 13,152 Parisien Jews] Anti-Semitism is not an opinion, it is an abhorrence. For that reason, it must first of all be faced directly. It must be named and recognized for what it is. Wherever it manifests itself, it will be unmasked and punished. Show less «

A great nation can go through setbacks, but what makes it a great nation is that it can become a leader again very quickly. And it's the timescale that we have to shrink. Show less «