Author Profile
Francois Hollande
1954 • French • Statesman
66
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 66 quotesBefore you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and, as such, I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect.— Francois Hollande
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.— Francois Hollande
There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?— Francois Hollande
My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.— Francois Hollande
I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle against financial excesses, those who speculate with sovereign debt, those who develop financial products which have done so much harm.— Francois Hollande
Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.— Francois Hollande
I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.— Francois Hollande
Nicolas Sarkozy said he could see a wave rising. For once he was right. The wave's coming; it's high, its strong, and it's going to smack him in the face.— Francois Hollande
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.— Francois Hollande
I prefer that people remember me as a president who made reforms rather than a president who did nothing.— Francois Hollande
Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.— Francois Hollande