Jacques Chirac Quotes

We in Israel certainly have a great interest in seeing peace, stability, and security restored to Egypt. We want nothing more than peace for the Egyptian people. We're not going to get involved in how Egypt, how the Egyptians should run themselves. That's an internal Egyptian affair.

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace.

We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record.

If there is no peace in Central America, it will not be because Costa Rica, and myself as president, have not done what is necessary to obtain peace.

There has been enough blood in the Balkans. Serbia is offering its hand. Let us turn to the future and not deal with the past.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

Lasting peace and security in Iraq and Afghanistan will be achieved when we establish the conditions for democratic, economically viable nations.

We need peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. It is important to have political and security stability to build up our economic growth.

We will work toward maintaining the status quo for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in order to bring the greatest benefits and well-being to the Taiwanese people.

The only hope for the Middle East is for moderates to win.

You cannot impose democracy by force of arms.

The Balkans are different from all other parts of the world. There are no world precedents that apply to the Balkans. Our problems have been going on for hundreds of years.

Very significant. My mission is to pacify Ireland.

If France, Germany, and Great Britain – who have often been at war with each other – are now friends, then India, Pakistan, and China could become friends, too.

Democracies don't fight each other. Terrorists don't tend to come from places where they feel like they have recourse in a political system.

A stable, prosperous and peaceful Ukraine is in the interests of everyone in the region.

Our aim is a democratic peace.

I think that's one of the reasons for the Sarajevo conference, that Yugoslavia, Serbia, return to the family of nations because enduring peace can only come when you have Serbia within that framework.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.