Francois Mitterrand
Francois Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand; 26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French statesman who was President of France from 1981 to 1995. He was the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the first figure from the left elected President under the Fifth Republic...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth26 October 1916
CountryFrance
brought close delighted history joining opportunity
France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.
people understanding doe
Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and turn to others, that is the Soviet Union.
opportunity world france
France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world ... that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.
men great-men behinds
Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.
life responsibility political
I started my political life in the Resistance. It was there that I had my first responsibility.
war unions arguing
Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union
strong artist giving
For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never encountered any other artist able to give me such a strong sense of the divine.
support france socialism
France could have all the socialism its capitalistic economy could support.
justice judging people
To every reversal of people's soveregnity, to every disappearance of the Republic corresponds a frank or disguised restitution in force of the regal justice. ''Tell me, according to what you judge and I'll tell you who you are." [...] No axiom in politics is more certain than this.
real heaven president
In one of his last appearances, Mitterrand, the agnostic president, was asked what the real God might say to him if he went to heaven. God would say: "At last, you know." And I would hope that He would add, "Welcome."
book reality men
A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.
peace war east
The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.
eye peaceful world
All that passes under our eyes proves that we do not live in a peaceful and harmonious world.