#me

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

#beyond #bringing #change #chosen #citizens

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. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#elected #face #finance #governs #name

Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#entrusted #everything #given #i #me

That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#european #future #growth #mission #now

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#assume #council #development #france #full

There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#france #just #just one #nation #same

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him? ↗

— Francois Hollande

#becomes #candidate #deliver #expected #him

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#against #ask #battle #big #big country

What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It's not simply a menace for west Africa. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#happening #installed #menace #months #past

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

#because #citizens #coherence #country #effort