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?
Jacques Chirac
Finally, a safer world presupposes the revival of the virtuous circle of non-proliferation of weapons and disarmament.
Jacques Chirac
France is doing everything it can, but the problem is that it is impossible to stop Bush from pursuing his logic of war to the end.
Jacques Chirac
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.
Jacques Chirac
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.
Jacques Chirac
One can go to war alone, butyou can't build peace alone.
Jacques Chirac
One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.
Jacques Chirac
Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.
Jacques Chirac
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.
Jacques Chirac
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
Jacques Chirac
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.
Jacques Chirac
The message of the international community is clear - it has united to tell Iraq that it is now time to co-operate fully with the United Nations.
Jacques Chirac
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.
Jacques Chirac
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Type:
Statesman
Date of Birth:
1932-11-29
Year of Death:
Nationality:
French |
