Francois Hollande Quotes

Why are we going after those who were not going after us?

In responding to a terrorist attack, there are only two choices - take the fight to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first.

That was a declaration of war

You may not like to go to war, but war will come to you.

When a person attacks, it's rough.

I have observed that whenever you try to hit somebody, there is a tendency for them to try to hit you back.

The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it.

In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels.

You know, kicking people's butts with round-edged boots is good, but with pointy shoes, it's even better.

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

I have a saying - 'You treat me good, I'll treat you better. You treat me bad, I'll treat you worse. And when in doubt, knock 'em out.'

The Jews have opened fire, and they are unready to begin a war.

I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

We must hunt the terrorists down and kill them. There is no other way to respond to those so committed to the destruction of life.

This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.

Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!

Never unsheathe the sword except in self defense.

I think it is in our interest to punish the first insult; because the first insult is the parent of many others.

An aggressor will always push forward and do more until he meets resistance. We've seen that time and time again over history.

Send Iran a clear message that if we are assaulted, we will meet it and trump it.

You don't start shooting rockets at Israel and expect that we'll just sit back supinely and die.

Don’t ever fight with Lisbeth Salander. Her attitude towards the rest of the world is that if someone threatens her with a gun, she’ll get a bigger gun.

When Chong made to sit down next to her, Lilah drew her knife and stabbed the point into the earth between them. "I can see that you need some quiet time," he said and scuttled quickly away.

When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.