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
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We must stop the spiral of barbarity and take away from this regime the means to conduct such operations.
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When I say as quickly as possible, I of course mean months, not years,
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It is a measure necessary to give law enforcement all the means they need to bring a permanent return to calm ... naturally this is a strictly temporary measure which will only apply where it is strictly necessary and with the full agreement of local elected officials,
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reflection, which I shall devote to explaining to my fellow citizens what my feelings are on this crisis and the means to remedy it.
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It is with enormous distress that France has just learned of the monstrous attacks there is no other word for it that have just struck the United States of America. In these horrifying circumstances, the entire people of France, and I want to emphasize this, stand by the people of America. They express their friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. Naturally, I want to assure President Bush of my total support. France, as you know, has always condemned and unreservedly condemns terrorism, and considers that terrorism must be combated by all possible means.
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As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.
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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.
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These statements, presented as medical, are in fact texts devised by the patient, those close to him, his aides, ... authentic.
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These events harm the cease-fire and the calm that we have respected,
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These events bear witness to a deep malaise, ... We will respond by being firm, by being fair and by being faithful to the values of France.
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These events bear witness to a deep malaise, ... It is a crisis of meaning, a crisis of reference points and an identity crisis.
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These events bear witness to a deep malaise,
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These events are a sign of a deep malaise,
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These countries have been not very well behaved and rather reckless of the danger of aligning themselves too rapidly with the American position.