Political Quotes

“on Monday, January 29, 3 short days before he is to arrive in Washington, President Chirac of France announced, in a formal news release, the end to nuclear testing in the South Pacific. Though he makes a pretty speech, just in time to come to Washington as a fervent advocate of nuclear disarmament and to establish warm ties with America, I want to point out for my colleagues and to the American people, Mr. Speaker, the hypocrisy of Chirac's recent piece of propaganda. Mr. Chirac began his news release with these words: Dear compatriots, I announce to you today the find end to French nuclear tests. Thanks to the final series that has just taken place, France will have a durable, reliable, and modern defense. Point No. 1, Mr. Speaker, France already has the world's fourth largest Navy and the world's third largest stockpile of nuclear weapons before it even began its final series of nuclear tests. France had already exploded over 200 nuclear bombs in land, air, and water, far from the home of the enlightenment.”