Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chiracis a French politician, who served as the President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976, from 1986 to 1988, and as the Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 November 1932
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
great responsibility
I'm very touched, I feel a great sense of responsibility.
emotion express feeling forever french friend name ordeal profound solidarity
In the name of the French people, forever a friend to the American people, I express to you the profound emotion and feeling of solidarity in the ordeal that all my compatriots are feeling.
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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.
crisis france germany judgement
Germany and France have the same judgement on this crisis,
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I invite the Iranian authorities to make the choice of cooperation and trust by genuinely looking at this offer and by reverting to their commitments to suspend activities linked to the production of fissile materials,
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I intend to respond ... by giving a new and strong impetus to the action of the government,
country past thinking
What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime did use such weapons in the past. Today, a number of evidences may lead to think that, over the past four years, in the absence of international inspectors, this country has continued armament programs.
country action claims
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?
defense nuclear weapons
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.
france needs institutions
France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.
europe example faster
This will provide an engine, an example that will allow Europe to go faster, further and better.
two blood brotherhood
Our two peoples have stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the brotherhood of blood spilled.
hands long age
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
kyoto-protocol humanity acting
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.