Francois Mitterrand

France could have all the socialism its capitalistic economy could support.

— Francois Mitterrand

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world ... that when one has the will one can succeed in…

— Francois Mitterrand

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one canI have worked with…

— Francois Mitterrand

For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never…

— Francois Mitterrand

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union

— Francois Mitterrand

“How can you govern a country with two hundred thirty-eight varieties of cheese?”

— François Mitterrand

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

— Francois Mitterrand

All that passes under our eyes proves that we do not live in a peaceful and harmonious world.

— Francois Mitterrand

Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and…

— Francois Mitterrand

I started my political life in the Resistance. It was there that I had my first responsibility.

— Francois Mitterrand

The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.

— Francois Mitterrand

Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.

— Francois Mitterrand

In one of his last appearances, Mitterrand, the agnostic president, was asked what the real God might say to him if he…

— Francois Mitterrand

To every reversal of people's soveregnity, to every disappearance of the Republic corresponds a frank or disguised restitution in force of the…

— Francois Mitterrand