Lionel Jospin Quotations

We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.

The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations.

I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.

We expressed the wish that they (the United States) be with us, that we cooperate with them. It is vital that we have international cooperation with them,

like a thunderbolt ... particularly worrying for France and for our democracy.

I am totally ready for this legislation to be tougher and harder still.

I have asked the defense minister to dissolve the GPS,

Today I am a candidate in the presidential election, ... in the spirit of responsibility, the foundation of authority.

We must go beyond the trial of strength, ... I appeal to everyone's sense of responsibility. The government wants a positive and speedy solution to the conflict.

It is not acceptable that certain member states indulge in underhand competition to attract international investment and entice European companies to relocate their headquarters.

We must lead in a different way, ... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.

No senior official -- neither the interior minister, nor the defense or justice ministers, nor the prime minister or any of my closest aides -- had any inkling or information about this criminal act before it was committed,

an exceptional woman ... who brilliantly gave Russian women a new image.

This accident is extremely serious, ... I am thinking about all the victims, the crew, and our friends in Germany who made up most of the passengers. I have also conveyed my condolences to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

This is where we should start to set out the terms of a necessary dialogue with the producer countries.

This is the time to make commitments and see them through. That, in my eyes, is the basis for the relationship of trust that should exist between citizens and their highest representative,

The next government must make it a priority to listen to the concerns of all the French who feel worried, who feel forgotten and threatened.

Inhuman and barbaric acts were carried out by both sides, even if each side tended for too long to deny its own,

I remain attached to my nation.

Yes to market economy, no to market society.

I do not separate France from Europe.

It is with great satisfaction that I learned of the adoption by consensus of the Durban Declaration against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and the intolerance associated with it

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France.

To promote the process of European integration, we must improve an institutional mechanism already existing in the European Union, reinforced co-operation, by making it more flexible and effective. This approach allows a few states to move faster and further... We are all aware that this mechanism is vital.