“It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.” Quote by Dominique de Villepin
“Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.” ResponsibilityPassivityEscalationPassivity Is Author:Dominique de Villepin
“Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.” Would BeShootingVeto Author:Dominique de Villepin
“I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.” WantWarStatesProblemMovingCommunityUnitedUnited StatesFriendsLogicCrisisInternationalBritishMoving ForwardFranceKeep Moving ForwardInternational Community Author:Dominique de Villepin
“The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.” DangerousStudentsAdultsRiotDangerous Things Author:Georges Pompidou
“There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest, but the third is the most certain.” MenWayFirstsCertainThreeListeningThirdsExpertsGamblingSpoilThree Ways Author:Georges Pompidou
“I consider that all Jews in the Diaspora, and thus it is true in France, should everywhere they can lend their support to Israel. This is why it is also important that Jews take political responsabilities. .... In sum, in my functions and in my everyday life, through the whole of my actions, I try to make so that my modest stone is brought to the construction of the land of Israel.” ShouldTryingImportantWholeActionPoliticalSupportLandStonesFunctionEverydayJewIsraelFranceConstructionModestEveryday LifeDiasporaResponsability Author:Dominique Strauss-Kahn
“The Euro is a conquest of sovereignty. It gives us a margin of manoeuvre. Its a tool to help us master globalisation and help us resist irrational shifts in the market.” GivingHelpingMastersToolsIrrationalSovereigntyConquestMarginsEuroGlobalisation Author:Dominique Strauss-Kahn
“I have said, and I repeat, at the risk of appearing sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history of the Second World War.” WorldSaidWarRiskDetailsWar Of The WorldsRepeatsGasChamberSecond World WarGas ChambersSacrilegious Author:Jean-Marie Le Pen
“My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks. The Second World War claimed tens of millions of victims. For some the most terrible aspect of it was the deportations, while for others it was the leveling bombings or the mass deaths by starvation and cold.” ColdTerribleMassAspectStarvationBombingDeportation Author:Jean-Marie Le Pen