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I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

Francois Hollande

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Francois Hollande
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
Lawyer
Magistrate
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Statesman
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Paris
France
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande
Francois Hollande
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Cheeseburgers
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Chose
Finally
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There cannot be prosperity without security.
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That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.
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To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.
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In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.
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Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.
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If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.
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Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
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We're all taking part in this solidarity. The French, the Germans, just like all the Europeans in the ESM - the eurozone's new rescue fund. Let's stop thinking that there's only one country who's going to pay for the others. That's false.
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I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
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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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Mandela's message will never die. It will continue to inspire freedom fighters and give confidence to people who defend just causes and universal rights.
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Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.
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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.
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We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'
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Mitterrand had a sense for symbols, and he was the first Socialist president since 1958. He wanted to show that there is historical continuity, a connection with the great figures of French history.
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I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French.
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I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.
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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.
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My adversary is the world of finance.
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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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