Segolene Royal quotes:

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

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

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.

The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush.

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

People better get used to the idea that I exist.

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 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.

Today, the worst conflicts, the most deep-rooted violence, and those likely to emerge in the coming years are due to disparities in development.