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Jacques Chirac Quotes

1932–2019 France

Jacques Chirac (29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was a French politician who was President of France from 1995 to 2007. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.

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Also known as: Chirac

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One does not export democracy in an armored vehicle.

There have been women I have loved ... A lot, as discreetly as possible.

You are my personal friend. Let me assure you of my esteem, consideration and bond.

Never make up with extremism, racism, antisemitism or rejecting whoever is different

France is the friend and ally of Iraq.

One cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It is the country with the worst food after Finland.

Anything that can hurt the convictions of another, particularly religious convictions, must be avoided. Freedom of expression must be exercised in a spirit of responsibility. I condemn all manifest provocation that might dangerously fan passions.

Our house is burning and we look elsewhere. Nature mutilated, overexploited is not able to recover and we refuse to admit it. From North to South, it suffers from ill-development, and we are indifferent. Earth and humanity are in great peril and we are accountable.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jacques Chirac (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.