Francois Mitterrand Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.