Francois Mitterrand Quotes
It is not healthy to have a country governed by just one political party. There should be other political families taking part in government.
Francois Mitterrand, 1916-1996, French President (Socialist), Time, June 20, 1988
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This quotation is very significant because it was a complete repudiation of the fundamental principle of the Government of the Soviet Union--namely, that the government should be under the perpetual control of a single political party, the Communist Party.
DeLay had been forced to resign from his leadership position when he was criminally indicted. Months later after his former aids admitted criminal activity, he resigned from the Congress but claimed innocence. Then he was convicted. Always an extreme partisan, he was firm in his disdain for Democrats and bipartisanship or compromise of any kind.
This is an interesting variation of the FDR quotation regarding the President and Congress.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic.
