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I don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt.

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

I owe everything to the army.

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

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.

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

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

I owe my father everything.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.