Jacques Chirac

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

Jacques Chirac

"France has been at the receiving end of bucket loads of commentary in recent days. It is not France alone that wants more time for inspections. Germany wants more time for inspections; Russia wants more time for inspections; indeed, at no time have we signed up even the minimum necessary to carry a second resolution. We delude ourselves if we think that the degree of international hostility is all the result of President Chirac. The reality is that Britain is being asked to embark on a war without agreement in any of the international bodies of which we are a leading partner – not NATO, not the European Union and, now, not the Security Council."

Jacques Chirac

"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."

Jacques Chirac

"The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible."

Jacques Chirac

"Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face."

Jacques Chirac

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

Jacques Chirac