Jacques Chirac Quotes on Security (8 Quotes)

Today the highest priority is the return of security and public order, ... The last word must be from the law.

if we want, in this troubled and unsettled international context, to guarantee the security of our citizens and influence the international choices that affect our interests.

The unanimous vote by the Security Council... offers Iraq a chance to disarm in peace. That was the meaning of France's initiative since the start.

We urge Iran to show a spirit of responsibility to re-establish cooperation and trust, without which the Security Council will have no choice but to examine the question.

Today I call on the Iranian authorities to choose the path of cooperation and confidence by carefully examining this offer and resuming their commitment to suspend activities related to the production of fissile materials, ... There is room for dialogue and negotiation. We call on Iran's spirit of responsibility to restore cooperation and confidence, failing which the Security Council will have no choice but to take up the issue.

give impetus to a political process, a process leading to peace, which will allow two viable states to live side-by-side in peace and security.

Any decision belongs to the Security Council and the Security Council alone, which will address the issue after having examined the latest inspectors' report, ... Secondly, as far as we're concerned, war always means failure.

If you observe the way things are developing in the world in terms of security and the expansion of terrorism -- not just in the Middle East but throughout the world -- if you look at all that, you cannot say -- and be credible -- that the situation has significantly improved.