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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.

I am an austere president.

Be happy, be proud, be generous, be respectful, be proud to be French citizens.

I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.

My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.

If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France.

My heart has always been truly convinced that in serving the cause of America, I am fighting for the interests of France.

I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them.

Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and, as such, I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.