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" I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat. "
Francois Hollande
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Speak
Culture
History
" A compromise appears out of reach on the stripping of terrorists' nationality. "
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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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" What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable. "
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Justice
Time
" There must be pressure on Moscow so that we have negotiations. Moscow will not succeed by unilaterally backing Bashar al-Assad. "
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" Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right. "
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Everything
Took
Right
" The British people have decided to leave. It is a sad decision but one which I respect. The vote puts the European Union in difficulties. It must recognise its shortfalls. "
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Respect
Sad
Decision
" 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. "
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" My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country. "
Francois Hollande
Honor
Change
Feel
" In an election, one needs both hope and audacity. "
Francois Hollande
Election
Both
Audacity
" We are absolutely clear: when these unaccompanied minors have a family link in the United Kingdom, then they must go to the United Kingdom. And they must go quickly and in an efficient fashion. "
Francois Hollande
Family
Kingdom
Go
" 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. "
Francois Hollande
Values
Faith
People
" We need intelligence services to fight against terrorism, but they have to respect the principles of good relationships between allies and protect personal, confidential data. "
Francois Hollande
Fight
Intelligence
Good
" France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played a role on the international stage could be outside the E.U.? "
Francois Hollande
Imagine
Role
Stage
" I bow down in memory of the victims, and I come to tell my Armenian friends that we will never forget the tragedies that your people has endured. "
Francois Hollande
Friends
Memory
People
" 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. "
Francois Hollande
You
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Dressed
" I'm going to gather all the French people who want change. "
Francois Hollande
Gather
Want
Who
" We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.' "
Francois Hollande
Clouds
Rose
Sky
" When we live longer, we must work a little bit longer. "
Francois Hollande
Little Bit
Live
Must
" Our only goal is to strengthen the opposition and to avoid the dilemma whereby we only have the choice between Bashar Assad and al-Qaeda. "
Francois Hollande
Dilemma
Avoid
Choice
" I ask to be judged on the issue of unemployment. "
Francois Hollande
Ask
Issue
Judged
" Long live the Republic, and long live France. "
Francois Hollande
Republic
Long
France
" 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. "
Francois Hollande
Attitude
Reason
Together
" Faced with terror, France must be strong, it must be great, and the state authorities must be firm. "
Francois Hollande
Be Strong
Strong
Firm
" Our biggest threat is not too much Europe, but too little. "
Francois Hollande
Little
Too Much
Threat
" We must do everything to ensure that the Euro 2016 is a success. "
Francois Hollande
Ensure
Everything
Euro
" If there is not a united policy, this mechanism will not work: it will collapse, and it will... undoubtedly be the end of Schengen, the return of national borders. "
Francois Hollande
Return
Policy
End
" 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. "
Francois Hollande
Support
Politics
Want
" I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British. "
Francois Hollande
Decide
British
Want
" My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet. "
Francois Hollande
Goal
France
Country