Jacques Chirac Quotes

#1. I am not prepared to accept the economics of a housewife. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#2. One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#3. Sovereignty is a question of principle. We must tell the Iraqis: you are a sovereign people. And you are in charge of your own future. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#4. Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#5. For the first time, humanity is instituting a genuine instrument Kyoto Protocol of global governance," ... "By acting together, by building this unprecedented instrument, the first component of an authentic global governance, we are working for dialogue and peace. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#6. Faced with intolerance and hatred, no debate is possible. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#7. If our language, our programs, our creations are not strongly present in the new media, the young generation of our country will be economically and culturally marginalized. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#8. Our two peoples have stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the brotherhood of blood spilled. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#9. One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#10. One does not export democracy in an armored vehicle. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#11. I would like to express to all Londoners, to all of the British people, the solidarity, the compassion and the friendship of France and the French people. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#12. Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#13. Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#14. These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#15. The Kyoto Protocol ... the first component of an authentic global governance ... - Author: Jacques Chirac

#16. When you are in the family ... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#17. The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#18. The law must have the last word. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#19. National Missile Defense is of a nature to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#20. They missed a great opportunity to shut up. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#21. You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after Finland. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#22. Isolated and limited vision problem. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#23. If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#24. As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going? - Author: Jacques Chirac

#25. I never like to say that I 'believe' anything. There are no ideas worth believing. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#26. No one can act alone in the name of all and no one can accept the anarchy of a society without rules. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#27. France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#28. France is deeply upset to learn of the monstrous attacks that have just struck the United States ... In these terrible circumstances, all French people stand by the American people. We express our friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#29. Finally, a safer world presupposes the revival of the virtuous circle of non-proliferation of weapons and disarmament. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#30. This will provide an engine, an example that will allow Europe to go faster, further and better. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#31. As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure. - Author: Jacques Chirac

#32. I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way. - Author: Jacques Chirac