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" I prefer that people remember me as a president who made reforms rather than a president who did nothing. "

Francois Hollande

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" The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq. "

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" When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. "

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" Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both. "

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" During a term in office there are highs and lows, but what counts is that the goal is set as well as the means to achieve it, and the force we put into getting results. "

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" I support the French team - I go to all their matches - but I don't want to use sport for politics. That's not good for sport or for politics. "

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" France isn't just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the world. Sometimes directing or leading the way is not enough, he has to initiate policies, as Nicolas Sarkozy was able to demonstrate during his term. "

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" 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. "

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" The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe. "

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" I'm going to gather all the French people who want change. "

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" Daesh is the enemy of Europe, and Europe cannot live with the idea that the crises that surround it don't have an effect on it. "

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" We must not lose time, neither for dealing in a suitable way with the question of the United Kingdom's exit, nor for providing a new impetus for the E.U. "

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" When I travel officially... and when I travel on a private basis, I have protection that is less suffocating. But I am protected everywhere. "

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" A country outside the euro zone cannot have a veto over countries in the euro zone. "

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" If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy. "

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" I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down. "

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" An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home. "

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" Whatever happened during the French presidential campaign will leave no hard feelings. I perfectly understand why Angela Merkel supported Nicolas Sarkozy because of the action they have taken together, even though I have questioned its results, and because of their shared political sensibility. "

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" I am not deaf. I hear the anger. I see the dissatisfaction, and I have to go faster. "

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" The Republic will destroy terrorism. "

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" My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly. "

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" We will continue to hit those who threaten us. "

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" Everyone must understand that you can't demand solidarity when there's a problem and shirk your duties when there are solutions. "

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" As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for a normal presidency, at the service of the Republic. "

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" Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy... until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France. "

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" My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet. "

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