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

I do not separate France from Europe.

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

France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if it refused to be itself, if it was afraid of the future, afraid of the world.

Europe cannot survive another world war.

We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.

I have no intentions of resigning.

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.

If I can just see the European war out I think I might feel justified in quitting the war.