Jacques Chirac, September 19, 2001. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/19/se.24.html
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And I wanted to say to the mayor of New York all our concern, our admiration for what has been done after this drama, with such an efficiency, very full of clever and heart. I told him that in the French press, when they mention the mayor of New York, they say "mayor hero" (ph), which is a French expression equivalent to "Rudy the Rock".

— Jacques Chirac on Rudy Giuliani

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And I wanted to say to the mayor of New York all our concern, our admiration for what has been done after this drama, with such an efficiency, very full of clever and heart. I told him that in the French press, when they mention the mayor of New York, they say "mayor hero" (ph), which is a French expression equivalent to "Rudy the Rock"." in the context of "Jacques Chirac, September 19, 2001. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/19/se.24.html" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jacques Chirac

About Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac (29 November 1932 – 26 September 2019) was a French politician who was President of France from 1995 to 2007. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.