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"Vote early and vote often."
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"I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that."
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"Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or a million."
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"Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent."
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"Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me."
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"And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups."
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"When you get ready to vote, make sure you know what you are doing."
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"Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide."
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"I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years."
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"I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes."
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"The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances and the revolution in information technology has reduced the costs of transport."
Technology
"This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish."
Constitution
"There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation."
Competition
"The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China."
Development
"At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So we are not able to do things at the European or the national level."
Time
"I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government."
Experience
"For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date."
Technology
"France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position."
Change
"I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years."
Vote
"But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now."
History
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