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What a city, what a night, what a crowd, what a bomb, what a mistake, what a wanker you have for a President.
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Acceptance speech at the MTV Europe Music Awards, referring to French nuclear testing in Pacific (1995)

 

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Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.
Spare their women for Thy Sake,
And if that is not too easy,
We will pardon Thy Mistake.
But, gracious Lord, whate'er shall be,
Don't let anyone bomb me.

 

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Jacques Chirac

 

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