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  • The Obituary to Diana Princess of Wales speech

    I stand before you today, the representative of a family in grief, in a country in mourning, before a world in shock. We are all united, not only in our desire to pay our respects to Diana, but rather in our need to do so, because such was her extraordinary appeal that the tens of…

  • On the Death of Princess Diana

    Since last Sunday’s dreadful news we have seen, throughout Britain and around the world, an overwhelming expression of sadness at Diana’s death. We have all been trying in our different ways to cope. It is not easy to express a sense of loss, since the initial shock is often succeeded by a mixture of other…

  • General election victory speech

    I have just accepted Her Majesty the Queen’s kind offer to form a new administration and government for the country. John Major’s dignity and courage over the last few days and the manner of his leaving, is the mark of the man. I am pleased to pay tribute to him. As I stand here before…

  • Second Inaugural Address

    My fellow citizens: At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on…

  • Speech to Iraqis

    In the name of God, the most gracious, the Most Merciful; oh, great people; oh, honorable members of our armed forces; oh, sons of our glorious Arab nation; oh, honorable people of the world: Once again, the hopeless cowardly Americans were back to repeat their cowardly act hiding behind a technological advance that God, most…

  • Democratic National Convention

    Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much. Four years ago, four years ago, you gave me your nomination to be vice president. And tonight I want to say, from the bottom of my heart: Thank you for the opportunity to serve…

  • Premio Príncipe de Asturias

    Majestad, Alteza Real, Sr. Presidente de la Fundación, Sr. Presidente del Principado, Autoridades, Sra. Ministra, Señoras y Señores, Quiero que mis primeras palabras sean de gratitud a S.M. la Reina, que nos honra con Su presencia, a S.A.R. el Príncipe de Asturias -que nos preside-, a la Fundación, al Jurado que ha tenido a bien…

  • Soy africano

    Señoría, estimado presidente de la República democrática, honorables miembros de la Asamblea Constitucional, distinguidos invitados paisanos y extranjeros, amigos, En una ocasión como ésta, tal vez tengamos que empezar por el principio. Así que, empecemos. Soy africano. Debo mi existencia a las colinas y a los valles, a las montañas y a las llanuras, a…

  • Discurso de Investidura 1996

    Señor Presidente. Comparezco ante SS. SS. para solicitar la confianza de la Cámara, conforme a lo dispuesto en el artículo 99 de la Constitución. Las elecciones del 3 de marzo han abierto una nueva etapa política en España. Los españoles, tras un largo período de gobiernos socialistas, han manifestado su deseo de renovar nuestra vida…

  • Discurs d’investidura (1995)

    Molt honorable senyor president, senyores i senyors diputats, en compliment de l’encàrrec que em va fer el molt honorable president del Parlament, i d’acord amb el que estableix la disposició transitòria cinquena del nostre Estatut, em correspon presentar davant aquest Parlament de Catalunya la meva candidatura com a president de la Generalitat i demanar la…