Quotes from Francois Hollande

Mandela's message will never die. It will continue to inspire freedom fighters and give confidence to people who defend just causes and universal rights.

The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it.

I'm not a lukewarm European. I know that the German-French friendship is indispensable, no matter who the countries' leaders are.

My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet.

During a term in office there are highs and lows, but what counts is that the goal is set as well as the means to achieve it, and the force we put into getting results.