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1916–1996 France
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) was a French politician. He was elected President of France in May 1981, re-elected in 1988 and held office until 1995.
Also known as: François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand
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Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.
L’Abeille et l’architecte [The Bee and the Architect (1980)
I believe in the forces of the spirit, and I won't leave you.
What has begun in this evening will not stay for a long time, and because you represent the forces of the world of labour, you, forces of the youth, your victory is inevitable.
Château-Chinon (1974)
There exists in our country a solid continuity of Bonapartism, where the vocation for grandeur of France, the monarchist tradition, and the passion for national unity, the Jacobin tradition get together.
Le Coup d'État permanent (1964)
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.
L’Abeille et l’architecte [The Bee and the Architect (1980)
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.
Le Coup d'État permanent (1964)
"In such countries, genocide is not too important…"
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I would like to say, sincerity. But it is, in fact, indifference.
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