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I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency.

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.

I prefer that people remember me as a president who made reforms rather than a president who did nothing.

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.

I head a nation of a million presidents.

I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign.

I would love to be president. I just concluded I was not the best person to carry forward the Republican torch.