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 Sov…

- Francois Mitterrand

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

- Francois Mitterrand

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 ab…

- Francois Mitterrand

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

- 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 regal …

- Francois Mitterrand

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

- Francois Mitterrand

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

- Francois Mitterrand

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:…

- Francois Mitterrand

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

- Francois Mitterrand