Valery Giscard d’Estaing Quotes:- Valery Marie Rene Georges Giscard d’Estaing ( born 2 February 1926), also known as Giscard or VGE, is a French elder statesman who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.
As Minister of Finance under Prime Ministers Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Pierre Messmer, he won the presidential election of 1974 with 50.8% of the vote against François Mitterrand of the Socialist Party.
Inspirational Valery Giscard d’Estaing Quotes
“We have sown a seed… Instead of a half-formed Europe, we have a Europe with a legal entity, with a single currency, common justice, a Europe which is about to have its own defense.”-Valery Giscard d’Estaing
“Let’s be clear about this. The rejection of the constitution was a mistake that will have to be corrected.”-Valery Giscard d’Estaing
“You can’t build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging.”-Valery Giscard d’Estaing
“Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly. All the earlier proposals will be in the new text but will be hidden and disguised in some way.”-Valery Giscard d’Estaing