Jacques Chirac Quotes (228 Quotes)

there are currently no bombs capable of functioning on the French rail network.

It is now time for our partners to make equivalent proposals in a spirit of give and take, in agriculture as well as in manufacturing and services.

She lent our long-standing alliance the radiant strength of her personality,

Our common goal should warn of the risk of a world where people speak, think and create within only one mold, ... Use of the French language has diminished in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

The law must have the last word, ... to be stronger than those who want to sow violence or fear, and they will be arrested, judged and punished.

We reaffirmed our full solidarity not only from the heart but also from our sense of reason, ... To be clear, we will not sit on the sidelines of this battle against this scourge.

We have gone through a time of serious anxiety for the country,

Serb authorities have had an unacceptable behavior for too long with regard to the Kosovo Albanians.

France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.

It is with horror and worry that I learnt that Indonesia has suffered the worst act of terrorism in its history,

At such a painful time, words are really powerless,

I want to tell President Bush, who is my friend, that we bring you the total solidarity of France and the French people, it is a solidarity of the heart,

the communism of our new century.

When I say as quickly as possible, I of course mean months, not years,

Europe must always fight terrorism with all its strength,

Those who admire you -- and they are as numerous in France as they are in your own country -- know that this extraordinary performance represents courage, effort, determination.

There is no question to enter into the logic of quotas,

I have asked the services in charge of the investigation to diligently determine the exact circumstance of this drama.

First of all, we must improve the living conditions of the Iraqi people, who have suffered for so many years, ... This is possible and necessary.

The law should have the final say, and the republic is determined to be stronger than those who want spread violence and fear. Those people will be apprehended, judged and punished.

President Jacques Chirac ordered his government today to build more subsidized housing and to draw up a renovation plan for the most rundown apartment buildings in Paris. Faced with this situation we must act, ... We urgently must ensure the safety of people living in precarious housing.

Whatever our origins, we are all the children of the Republic, and we can all expect the same rights,

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.

The Zagreb summit underlines the determination of the European Union in its fight for democracy, peace and reconciliation on our continent,

Then I do not care.

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

reduced to nothing more than a simple free trade zone.

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.

I heard and I understood your call so that the Republic lives, so that the nation rallies together, so that politics change,

The best social model is the one that gives work to everybody. It is not, therefore, our own.

... As far as the Europeans are concerned, it is our continent which is involved here, and we want our continent to be at peace, and we will not accept that situations such as the present situation in Kosovo should continue,

Tonight, France has reaffirmed its attachment to values of the Republic.

will of course be handed over to (French) justice authorities, who as you know have opened a judicial investigation into their cases...

We must stop the spiral of barbarity and take away from this regime the means to conduct such operations.

The countries concerned must channel the bulk of their efforts to curb emissions through national or regional measures. No country can elude its share of the collective effort.

Germany and France have the same judgement on this crisis,

Now we are faced with a conflict of a completely new nature.

had decided to write off all of the aid and development debt owed by Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

I don't know if we should use the word 'war,' ... Now we are faced with a conflict of a completely new nature, a conflict that is attempting to destroy human rights, freedom, the dignity of man, and I believe that everything must be done to safeguard these values of civilization.

Terrorism still exists, ... Therefore, all leaders around the world must pay attention to this issue and be determined to eradicate terrorism.

I believe in France and I know and love the French. I'm sure that, beyond ideology, prejudices and dogmas, by dialogue and mutual respect, we can make France a winner.

We see no reason in this context to change our logic, which is a logic of peace, and to switch to a logic of war,

Intercepting a ship on the high seas is an act of war in international law. That raises some problems,

When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door.

The European offer is worthy of the role which this great country, which is Iran, should play in the world,

These countries have been not very well behaved and rather reckless of the danger of aligning themselves too rapidly with the American position.

better reflect the French reality of today.

France , like the European Union, will always be at the side of those who, in Israel and among the Palestinians, will want peace and will do what is necessary to bring it about,

We reaffirmed our complete solidarity with the Americans, while being aware that ... military action is not the only way to fight international terrorism and that we must reinforce the means of finding a political solution to the organization of Afghanistan,

Tempers must calm down. The law must be applied in a spirit of dialogue and respect,