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Vote: | As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going? |
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Vote: | Finally, a safer world presupposes the revival of the virtuous circle of non-proliferation of weapons and disarmament. |
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Vote: | National Missile Defense is of a nature to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction. |
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Vote: | One can go to war alone, butyou can't build peace alone. |
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Vote: | One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors. |
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Vote: | Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way. |
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Vote: | These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people. |
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Vote: | They missed a great opportunity to shut up. |
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Vote: | When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door. |
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Vote: | You only have to look back at 1935. There were people then who were against France arming itself, and look what happened. |
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Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) is a French politician. () He was elected President of the French Republic in 1995 and 2002. As President, he is an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra.
In 1959, after completing studies at the École Nationale d'Administration, Jacques Chirac entered high-level civil service, then soon entered politics. He has since occupied various high-level positions, such as minister of finances, prime minister, mayor of Paris, and finally president of France.
Jacques Chirac's politics are, broadly speaking, conservative and Gaullist. He has generally stood for lower tax rates; the removal of price controls; strong punishments for crime and terrorism; and business privatization. However, he also, at other times, argued for more "social" economic policies and was elected in 1995 after a campaign where he said he would reduce the "social rift" (fracture sociale). On economic policies, he has at various times advocated both laissez-faire and dirigiste positions.
Currently married to Bernadette Chodron de Courcel, Chirac has two daughters, one of whom has long been his public relation assistant and personal advisor (Claude Chirac). He is a Roman Catholic.
Youth and studies
Jacques Chirac studied at:
* Lycée Louis-le-Grand (graduated 1950)
* Institut d'études politiques de Paris (more widely known as Sciences Po) 1951-1954 (public service and politics)
* Harvard summer school in 1953
* armored cavalry officer academy in Saumur (ranked 1st)
* École Nationale d'Administration (ENA) in 1959 (elite school for government service; ranked 10th)
Jacques Chirac was initially attracted towards left-wing causes, leading him to sell the Communist newspaper l'Humanité and to sign the Communist-inspired Stockholm Call against nuclear weapons in 1950. These left-wing ties proved later a hindrance to him, for instance in his first visit to the United States and his military career.
Indeed, even though he finished first of his class at the armored cavalry officer academy of Saumur, the military wanted to de-rank him because they did not wish a "Communist" to become an officer. However, Chirac's extensive family acquaintances had him ranked back at the correct position.
After completing officer's school, Jacques Chirac volunteered to be deployed in Algeria (while the Algerian War of Independence was raging), even though his family relations would easily have allowed him to obtain a safe position away from the war. He was wounded during his tour of duty.
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