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
If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world.
– 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
Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.
– 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
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.
– Jacques Chirac
They missed a great opportunity to shut up.
– Jacques Chirac
When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door.
– Jacques Chirac
You only have to look back at 1935. There were people then who were against France arming itself, and look what happened.