"I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism."
― Francois Hollande
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Faith
― Francois Hollande
More From Francois Hollande
- "I perfectly understood President Obama’s attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It’s the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other."
- "An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home."
- "Each country has a soul, and France’s soul is equality."
More In Faith
- "My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it."― Olusegun Obasanjo
- "In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order."― Jonathan Sacks
- "I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents."― Cat Stevens