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François Mitterrand
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“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.”
François Mitterrand (1916–1996) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Le Coup d'État permanent (1964) Part II, ch. 1
“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.”
François Mitterrand (1916–1996) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Le Coup d'État permanent (1964) Part III
“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.”
François Mitterrand (1916–1996) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Château-Chinon (1974)
“Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.”
François Mitterrand (1916–1996) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: L’Abeille et l’architecte [The Bee and the Architect] (1980) Chapter 6
“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.”
François Mitterrand (1916–1996) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: L’Abeille et l’architecte [The Bee and the Architect] (1980)
“One must defeat their prejudices. What I demand you here is almost impossible, for we have to defeat our history. And yet, if we do not defeat it, one must know a rule will impose itself, ladies and gentlemen: nationalism is war! War is not only our past, it may be our future; and you members of parliament are henceforth the guardians of our peace, of our security, and of this future.”
François Mitterrand (1916–1996) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lecture held at European Parliament (17 January 1995)
“I believe in the forces of the spirit, and I won't leave you.”
François Mitterrand (1916–1996) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last televised address to the French people, 31st of december 1994