Dear Colleagues, French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed the participants of the ICHEP 2010 conference earlier this week and presented a strong endorsement of the role of fundamental science in society, even in the current economic climate. A transcript of the talk can be found online at: http://www.elysee.fr/president/les-actualites/discours/2010/35eme-conference-internationale-de-la-physique-des.9370.html An English version is available at: http://www.elysee.fr/president/root/bank_objects/10-07-26-35th_International_Conference_on_High-Energy_Physics.pdf Streaming video of the address can be found online at: http://webcast.in2p3.fr/2010/ichep/index.php?video=Sarkozy.ram Sincerely, Norman Graf