Quote

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.

Francois Hollande

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Francois Hollande
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
Lawyer
Magistrate
Official
Politician
Statesman
Statesperson
Paris
France
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande
Francois Hollande
Hollande
Objectives
Finally
Gave
Second
President
Successor
Successors
Objective

More quotes by Francois Hollande

Image
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.
Francois Hollande
Image
Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.
Francois Hollande
Image
Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.
Francois Hollande
Image
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.
Francois Hollande
Image
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.
Francois Hollande
Image
My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet.
Francois Hollande
Image
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.
Francois Hollande
Image
An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.
Francois Hollande
Image
There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?
Francois Hollande
Image
I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a tool against speculation. And how the necessary budget discipline needs to be accompanied by growth.
Francois Hollande
Image
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.
Francois Hollande
Image
There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.
Francois Hollande
Image
My adversary is the world of finance.
Francois Hollande
Image
I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt the proper behaviour, if the French give me the chance, right from the start.
Francois Hollande
Image
We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'
Francois Hollande
Image
In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.
Francois Hollande
Image
There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.
Francois Hollande
Image
I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
Francois Hollande
Image
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.
Francois Hollande
Image
What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.
Francois Hollande