Francois Hollande Quotes

The strength of Europe at the end of the day has always been that we stuck together and that demands a great amount - probably even more so than in the past - of discussions, of balancing, of bringing along individual countries.

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

Europe should speak more effectively and clearly with one voice in the world.

We are part of the community of Europe, and we must do our duty as such.

We talk about "rugged individualism" and "personal liberty." My dear friends, both of those disappeared from the earth the day the first colony of cave men held a conference around a community fire.

Our common responsibility is to put Europe's interests first.

We all need Europe, not just those of us in Europe. And we Germans need Europe more than the others. Germany is the country with the longest border, the most neighbours, and is, by population and economic strength, the number one in Europe.

Solidarity and competitiveness are the two sides of a European coin.

At German unification, we were lucky to get so much help from West Germany. Now, we have the good fortune of being able to help each other in Europe.

What we need is a common goal for more Europe.

At the European table, we are systematically the most determined to advance a strategy of increased cooperation.

We have to make the argument that the only economically sound place to be is within Europe - we have to remember, it's history again, that there are reasons we bound ourselves together as a set of European nations and it all came out of the second world war.

I think that U.K. together with Europe will be stronger, and I also think Europe with U.K. will be stronger.

I am convinced that we need a stronger Europe that acts in a common agreement on the most crucial issues. For me these are safety, defense, innovation and the aim to maintain our well being.

I'm not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.

If we don't take responsibility for each other, it seems to me the future is going to be even bleaker.

As our world gets more interconnected, no one country or region can meet development challenges on its own.

Germany has to put the broader European interest on the same level as its own national interest, or the euro is toast.

The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.

You have to do it by yourself. You can not do it alone.

[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.