“There are two kinds of statesmen: the diplomats and the prophets. The diplomats have an easy time of it... but the prophets are stoned.”

About François Mitterrand

Politician • French

François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995. As the longest-serving president in French history, he was the first figure from the left-wing to be...