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I love life too much to be bitter.

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.

I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.

I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart.

Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.

You won't hear from me again.

I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share win.

A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

I am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders.

Nicolas Sarkozy