220 Quotes by Francois Hollande

In my own situation, I cannot show anything... And I believe that everybody now understands that, president or not president, one is entitled to have a private life. But of course when one is president, this creates duties and obligations.

Everyone must understand that you can't demand solidarity when there's a problem and shirk your duties when there are solutions.

France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played a role on the international stage could be outside the E.U.?

If the discussion centres on the essential principle of the E.U., the free movement of people and the ability to make decisions together, in that case, we don't want treaty change.

If there is not a united policy, this mechanism will not work: it will collapse, and it will... undoubtedly be the end of Schengen, the return of national borders.

I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down.

I prefer that people remember me as a president who made reforms rather than a president who did nothing.

I ask to be judged on the issue of unemployment.

A compromise appears out of reach on the stripping of terrorists' nationality.