- Change theme
Quotes by Francois Hollande
- I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.
- I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.
- I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.
- I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.
- I don't want euro bonds that serve to mutualize the entire debt of the countries in the euro zone. That can only work in the longer-term. I want euro bonds to be used to finance targeted investments in future-oriented growth projects. It isn't the same thing. Let's call them 'project bonds' instead of euro bonds.
- I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today.
- I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.
- I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism.
- I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
- In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.
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