Francois Hollande Quotes
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We need the help of other member countries and leaders who, like us, want to see a change in Europe's direction. That's also my logic when I tell voters that electing me president will not only shape France's future, but also initiate change across all of Europe.
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Doesn't everyone have their hair done?
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Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.
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Europe must act quickly where it's needed and must, once and for all, let member states handle what is their exclusive domain.
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Private life is always, at certain times, a challenge.
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The first time that I went to the United States was in 1974. I was 20 years old. America was in crisis.
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The fight against global warming is a humanitarian issue - how the planet can be preserved - and it is also an issue of considerable economic importance, of what we call green growth.
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Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.
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Our common responsibility is to put Europe's interests first.
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I must demonstrate I'm closer to people - a simpler, calmer presence, yet someone who can also make decisions and obtain promised results.
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Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.
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Islamist terrorism has declared war against us, against France, Europe, the entire world.
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A compromise appears out of reach on the stripping of terrorists' nationality.
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Calling into question the Touquet deal on the pretext that Britain has voted for Brexit and will have to start negotiations to leave the union doesn't make sense.
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I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
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What the terrorists want is to scare us and fill us with dread.
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The real threat comes from terrorism.
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China... has the capacity to ensure its stability and growth.
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I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
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I don't know if you can hear me, but I have heard you. I heard your willingness to change. Your force, your hope... and I want to tell you how grateful I am. Thank you, thank you, thank you, people of France.
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Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
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Everyone must be in the same competitive situation, including on the fiscal level.
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Whoever pays should control; whoever pays should sanction. I agree. But budgetary union should be completed by a partial mutualisation of debts through eurobonds.
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We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.