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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.

Francois Hollande

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Francois Hollande
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
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François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande
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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.
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I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
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There cannot be prosperity without security.
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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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In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.
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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.
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There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?
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There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.
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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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Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings.
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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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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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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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My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet.
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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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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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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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That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.
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No one imposes things on anyone in Europe. That's not my notion, nor is it my temperament. The EU has always functioned under the banner of respect, equilibrium and trust.
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The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it.
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