Francois Hollande Quotes

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.

I strive to be the best possible president that I can be to work for all of you and to represent out country and all Singaporeans.

… a right-minded and true-hearted statesman who has had as much sovereign power placed in his hands as you have placed in mine should regard himself as the servant of the Senate; and often of the people as a whole; and sometimes of private citizens, too.

I'll be the mayor of all the people.

We are determined to rebuild the confidence of our people in public institutions and restore the credibility of those elected to serve them.

Reading a teleprompter is not what makes you presidential. It's your actions that you take, and it's democracy.

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain.

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is honesty.

The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I wish Americans would look at them level, not down or up - just level. It doesn't take some special dimension to be president.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

I am not in politics to make more money.

I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people.

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be bridged.

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

Politics is about accountability, it is about leadership, it is about courage.

Dialoging is the first principle of good government.

The success of an elected official is doing what everyone knows needs to be done.

All politicians will have to change to be worthy of our people.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in a true sense, a noble one.

When you look at every government, they're our elected officials, and you have to have some form of respect for them.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.