305 Quotes by Jacques Chirac

defend Europe, the economic, financial and social interests of Europe.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peac alone.

A new resolution is neither useful nor necessary,

It is a public company and it will remain one whatever happens. I will naturally vouch for that,

Sovereignty is a question of principle. We must tell the Iraqis: you are a sovereign people. And you are in charge of your own future.

... 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,

It is a measure of protection and precaution,

The bulletins may have been presented as medical but in reality they were texts drawn up by the patient and his advisers. This wasn't medical communication but the filtering out of politically-based information,

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,