Top 219 Quotes & Sayings by Emmanuel Macron

We need to deal with the economy and the moral weakness of the country.

I kept trying, proposing, pushing... If you want to succeed, you cannot leave work half done, and unfortunately, many things were left half done. The choice was made not to launch a second wave of economic reforms that I was proposing.

The refugee crisis shows we can't be isolated from the world's geopolitical troubles.

We need young Frenchmen who want to become billionaires.

We are a continent of refugees, and if you say we can't integrate refugees, that's not consistent with our values, even if borders cannot be wide open.

We need people who dream impossible things, who maybe fail, sometimes succeed, but in any case who have that ambition.

The status quo leads to self-destruction.

Long live the Republic, long live France.

We should not replicate the situation where one country is in a situation to hijack the rest of Europe because they organize a referendum.

Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.

We have to breathe new life into Europe.

You can block a marriage, but you cannot force a marriage.

Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of Enlightenment, threatened in so many places.

We need to restore democracy and sovereignty in Europe.

We are implementing an in-depth reform on labor market, not to reduce rights for workers but to provide more visibility and more efficiency to investors and employers because it's the key for job creation.

I will lead a fight against Islamist terrorism at every level.

We have to provide more visibility, more certainty to the investors and reduce the cost of failure.

We back Hinkley Point project. It's very important for France; it's very important for the nuclear sector and EDF.

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.

We have the force, the energy, and the determination, and we will not give in to fear.

The strategy we must follow is to defend the special relationship between Great Britain and Europe and, more specifically, between Europe and France.

Our interests lie in attracting added value and talent to France as a result of Brexit, but also in having a balanced relationship with Great Britain. We must not sacrifice the short term for our bilateral relationship.

To create greater convergence, we need more intergration.

Honesty compels me to say that I am not a socialist. But so what?

Popularity isn't my compass. Unless it can help one to act, to be understood... that's what counts.

When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.

Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.

I'm not a movie star, and I don't want to become a movie star.

Popularity isn't an objective in itself. I'm not in this game.

No matter who you voted for, I do not hold anything against you.

I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.

We can't have our industry progressively destroyed by cheap Chinese imports.

Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk.

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.

I have a vision of my country, and I cannot sit and watch things pass by.

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.

Never boo or hiss at my rallies. That is for people with no hope.

I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.

I push reforms. I tell the truth to people, even when it's tough for the country.

Modernity is disruptive, and I endorse that.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

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 want to be the president of all the people of France, for the patriots facing the threat of nationalism.

Through work, education, and culture, I will give hope to our country.

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.

I learned the life of business, commerce - it's an art.

I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.

The French are consistent.

France was given up to fire and bloodshed, she experienced famine, she experienced the worst of things, she was nearly chopped up in pieces forever because of the decision... to exclude, to brand one party as guilty and annihilate them.

When you discuss your steel industry with China you are credible because you are part of the E.U., not because you are just U.K. You will be completely killed otherwise. You will never be in the situation to negotiate face to face with the Chinese because your domestic market is not relevant for the Chinese in comparison with their domestic market.

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.

You can suddenly have a series of countries waking up and saying, 'I want the same status as the Brits,' which will be, de facto, the dismantling of the rest of Europe.

I will do everything to make sure you never have reason again to vote for extremes.

There is no access to the market without budgetary contributions... and without respect for the four freedoms of the E.U.

A Left that does nothing achieves nothing.

Globalization can be a great opportunity.

The best way to afford a suit is to work.

Really, creation and innovation are part of the French DNA.

We can't fix the real problems if we only cauterize and don't treat the roots of evil.

I want to unite our people and our country. I will serve you with humility and force in the name of liberte, egalite, fraternite.