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  • Our approach and our vision ... is identical.

  • Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.

    War   Borders   Politics  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • The Kyoto Protocol...the first component of an authentic global governance.

  • One does not export democracy in an armored vehicle.

    Democracy   Doe   Vehicle  
    Attributed to Jacques Chirac speaking to Silvio Berlusconi over the invasion of Iraq in 2003, 20 o'clock news, TF1, March 11, 2007.
  • As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same.

    Country   Action   Claims  
    "French Leader Offers Formula to Tackle Iraq". www.nytimes.com. September 09, 2002.
  • 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.

    Interview, www.nytimes.com. September 22, 2003.
  • France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • No one can act alone in the name of all and no one can accept the anarchy of a society without rules.

    "Chirac: Iraq war undermined U.N.", www.cnn.com. September 23, 2003.
  • 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.

  • King Fahd was also committed to the strong and trusting relations between France and Saudi Arabia. This old friendship, which began with an exceptional link established by General De Gaulle, took on a new dimension under his reign, helped by a shared vision of what was at stake regionally and internationally.

  • It is with enormous distress that France has just learned of the monstrous attacks there is no other word for it that have just struck the United States of America. In these horrifying circumstances, the entire people of France, and I want to emphasize this, stand by the people of America. They express their friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. Naturally, I want to assure President Bush of my total support. France, as you know, has always condemned and unreservedly condemns terrorism, and considers that terrorism must be combated by all possible means.

    Mean   America   People  
  • 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.

  • 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 did not know! Climate warming is still reversible. Heavy would be the responsibility of those who refuse to fight it.

  • The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

    Art   Europe   History  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

  • This will provide an engine, an example that will allow Europe to go faster, further and better.

    Europe   Example   Faster  
  • As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.

    War   Mean   Concerned  
  • The only thing they (the English) have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease.

    "Chirac jokes about British food". news.bbc.co.uk. July 4, 2005.
  • One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.

    Two   Appreciate   Months  
    "Bush: Tomorrow Is Decision Day for UN". CNN Interview, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2003.
  • 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 the centuries, France has provided answers to the great questions facing mankind. In continuing to do so, France is responding to a genuine demand, displaying leadership and influencing the course of events.

  • One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

    War  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Isolated and limited vision problem.

  • You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after Finland.

  • 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.

    "Widespread International Condemnation of Attacks". www.irishtimes.com. March 11, 2004.
  • 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 suffering. It is suffering from poor development, in the North as in the South, and we are indifferent. The Earth and humanity are in peril and we are all responsible. It is time now to open our eyes

    Eye   House   Humanity  
  • The European Union and Russia have an identical viewpoint. We have condemned any potential revision of the ABM treaty, believing that such a revision will involve a risk of proliferation that will be very dangerous for the future.

    Believe   Russia   Risk  
    "Debates of the Senate". www.parl.gc.ca. February, 8, 2001.
  • 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.

    Hands   Long   Age  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • 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 on the continuity and professionalism of its foreign policy. France will be heeded if it has a message to convey. Faced with the temptations of laissez-faire, France must stand out as the nation with the imagination and determination to pursue an ambition that combines cogency with generosity.

  • Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here today may be less concerned than others. Globalization means that the "butterfly effect" is everywhere at work. The mistakes of a stockbroker in Singapore or the collapse of the Baht in Bangkok, the decisions of a Finnish industrial concern, or what the Governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil decides to do about his State's debt, have had consequences for the world as a whole.

  • France will never forget the men who agreed to make the supreme sacrifice to liberate our soil, our country, our continent from the yoke of Nazi barbarity. It will never forget what it owes America, our eternal friend. Our two peoples have stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the brotherhood of blood spilled.

    Blood   Two   Brotherhood  
    "World leaders hail D-Day veterans". www.cnn.com. June 7, 2004.
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    Jacques Chirac

    • Born: November 29, 1932
    • Occupation: Former President of France