Our house is burning down and we are blind to it. The earth and humankind are in danger and we are all responsible. It is time to open our eyes. Alarms are sounding across all continents. We cannot say we… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime did use… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
No one can act alone in the name of all and no one can accept the anarchy of a society without rules. — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
Helping to build a better-organized, fair and harmonious world: that idea lies at the heart of my conception of our country's role. Down through… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
The European Union and Russia have an identical viewpoint. We have condemned any potential revision of the ABM treaty, believing that such a revision… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
Franco-American relations have been, and always will be, both conflictual and excellent. The U.S. finds France unbearable with its pretensions; we find the U.S.… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
Our two peoples have stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the brotherhood of blood spilled. — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door. — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world. — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way. — Jacques Chirac Copy Share
