Autor: DiscursosBP

  • A Concert for Hope (Anniversary 9/11)

    BARACK OBAMA The Bible tells us — weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Ten years ago, America confronted one of our darkest nights. Mighty towers crumbled. Black smoke billowed up from the Pentagon. Airplane wreckage smoldered on a Pennsylvania field. Friends and neighbors, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers,…

  • Dedication on Flight 93 Memorial

    Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans, I’m honored to be standing here today, standing with two former Presidents. President Clinton, as he said, the passengers on Flight 93 knew that our common humanity is what united us most. Well, Mr. President, the same can be said of you. You spent your time as President, and…

  • 10e anniversaire du 11 septembre

    Monsieur l’Ambassadeur, Chers amis, Aux heures les plus sombres de son histoire, la France a toujours pu compter sur le peuple américain. Par deux fois, c’est au sacrifice de ses fils que la France a dû de rester une nation libre. Sans vous, les Américains, nous n’aurions pas pu conserver notre liberté. Nous n’avons pas…

  • Som un país imparable

    Em preguntava si aquest lloc, la institució més important d’aquest país, imposava, i creieu-me que imposa, i molt. Si l’elogi debilita, estic fos, després de tot el que s’ha dit. Sincerament, us parlaré amb el que sento. Jo vaig ser escollit. Qualsevol altre podia haver estat escollit per entrenar el FC Barcelona, però em van…

  • The Jobs Speech

    BARACK OBAMA Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, and fellow Americans: Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country. We continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions of our neighbors jobless, and a political crisis that’s made things worse. This past week, reporters have been asking, “What will…

  • Statement on Libya

    DAVID CAMERON I have just come from chairing a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Libya. The latest information is that the vast majority of Tripoli is now controlled by free Libyan fighters, although fighting continues – and some of it is extremely fierce. We have no confirmation of Qadhafi’s whereabouts,…

  • UK Riots: Statement in Parliament

    DAVID CAMERON With permission, I would like to make a statement. First, let me thank the Speaker and Honourable Members for returning. When there are important events in our country, it is right that Parliament is recalled and that we show a united front. I’m grateful to the Leader of the Opposition for the constructive…

  • London Riots

    DAVID CAMERON Good morning. I’ve come straight from a meeting of the Government’s Cobra committee for dealing with emergencies where we’ve been discussing the action that we will be taking to help the police to deal with the disorder on the streets of London and elsewhere in our country. «I’ve also met with the Metropolitan…

  • Address by Prime Minister in Oslo Cathedral

    Your Majesties, Dear Eskil, Dear all of you, It is nearly two days since Norway was hit by the worst atrocity it has seen since the Second World War. On Utøya, and in Oslo. It seems like an eternity. These have been hours, days and nights filled with shock, despair, anger and weeping. Today is…

  • Utøya was a national tragedy

    Last night, it became apparent that what happened at the Labour Youth League summer camp on Utøya yesterday was a national tragedy. Not since the Second World War has the country experienced such an atrocity. At least 80 young people have been killed on Utøya. We have also lost some of our colleagues in the…