305 Quotes by Jacques Chirac

The law must have the last word, ... to be stronger than those who want to sow violence or fear, and they will be arrested, judged and punished.

The law must be applied firmly and in a spirit of dialogue and respect, ... The absence of dialogue and an escalation of a lack of respect will lead to a dangerous situation.

Today the highest priority is the return of security and public order, ... The last word must be from the law.

The light of the writer and the dramatist who, by the power of the pen, armed solely with courage and his faith in mankind and truth, has nurtured the hopes of the oppressed who were denied democracy,

As far as I’m concerned, war always means failure.

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

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.

I never like to say that I ‘believe’ anything. There are no ideas worth believing.