Famous Quotes By Francois Hollande

 

1. An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.
2. Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.
3. France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.
4. 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.
5. I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.
6. 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.
7. I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
12. In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.
13. My adversary is the world of finance.
14. My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.
15. That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.
16. The transatlantic relationship is vital for both our countries: France will remain a reliable ally of the United States. Nevertheless, ally does not mean aligned.
17. The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development.
18. We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.
19. We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.