Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac was born on November 29, 1932, in Paris, into a France that would undergo profound transformation over the following decades. His education unfolded across several distinguished institutions: he attended Lycée Louis-le-Grand before continuing his studies at Sciences Po and then at the École nationale d'administration. This sequence of formation prepared him for a career within the structures of the French state.
Chirac worked as a politician across several decades of French public life, ascending through successive roles before reaching the highest office available to a French citizen. He served as President of France from 1995 to 2007, a tenure of twelve years. Over the course of his career, he received several significant honors, among them the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, and the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, distinctions that recognized both his standing within France and his relationships with international counterparts.
Chirac was a French citizen who conducted his public affairs in French throughout his life. He died on September 26, 2019, in Paris, the city of his birth, at the age of eighty-six.
Quotes by Jacques Chirac
I never like to say that I ‘believe’ anything. There are no ideas worth believing.
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.
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,
Today the highest priority is the return of security and public order, ... The last word must be from the law.
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.
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.
We can succeed in December if everyone shows their spirit of solidarity and responsibility,
The law should have the final say, and the republic is determined to be stronger than those who want spread violence and fear. Those people will be apprehended, judged and punished.