11 Quotes by Segolene Royal

My diplomatic position will not consist of going and kneeling down in front of George Bush.

I have a sense of urgency, of time. I am a woman and am always running between work, doctors' appointments, school meetings, filling up the fridge, then going back to work. Like everyone who combines professional and family life, I am always doing several things at the same time.

I don't want a Europe that is just a free-trade area attached to NATO. Even less do I want a Europe where it's everyone against everyone, and social and fiscal dumping replaces solidarity.

I do not mix up Bush's America with the American people. The American people are our friends.

I want to be indifferent to vengeance. It's degrading. Not having a spirit of vengeance protects me, internally.

As a mother, the things that I wanted for my own four children, I want for all the children of France.

I dont want a Europe that is just a free-trade area attached to NATO. Even less do I want a Europe where its everyone against everyone, and social and fiscal dumping replaces solidarity.

People better get used to the idea that I exist.

I am a socialist and at the same time clear about a certain number of values ... family values, environmental values, the value of succeeding at school, the value of merit and respect for work. To me these are not incompatible with being of the left.