Jacques Chirac Quotes

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• The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even…
• Our house is burning and we look elsewhere. Nature, mutilated and over-exploited, can no longer reconstitute itself and we refuse to admit it. Humanity is…
• 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. unbearable…
• Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.
• The law must have the last word.
• This will provide an engine, an example that will allow Europe to go faster, further and better.
• France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.
• 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…
• 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,…
• The only thing they (the English) have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease.
• 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.
• Faced with intolerance and hatred, no debate is possible.
• Our approach and our vision ... is identical.
• Isolated and limited vision problem.
• They missed a great opportunity to shut up.
• When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door.
• If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world.
• One can go to war alone, butyou can't build peace alone.

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