Jacques Chirac Quotes
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On n'exporte pas la démocratie dans un fourgon blindé.
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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.
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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.
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Vous êtes mon ami personnel. Vous êtes assuré de mon estime, de ma considération et de mon affection.
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Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.
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The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
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One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.
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One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.
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If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world.
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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.
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They missed a great opportunity to shut up.
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Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.
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France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.
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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?
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Anything that can hurt the convictions of another, particularly religious convictions, must be avoided. Freedom of expression must be exercised in a spirit of responsibility. I condemn all manifest provocation that might dangerously fan passions.
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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.
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Notre maison brûle et nous regardons ailleurs. La nature, mutilée, surexploitée, ne parvient plus à se reconstituer et nous refusons de l'admettre. L'humanité souffre. Elle souffre de mal-développement, au nord comme au sud, et nous sommes indifférents. La terre et l'humanité sont en péril et nous en sommes tous responsables.
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When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door.
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'There have been women I have loved ... A lot, as discreetly as possible.'''Affair' story will continue to rumble' Christian Fraser, BBC News, 14 January 2014