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  • Speech in London

    Mr Chairman of Governors, Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen. In welcoming you warmly to London may I firstly refer briefly to the events of Saturday. All too many of us present today have had experience of terrorism in one country or another. The world’s terrorists have one thing in common failure. They have failed to…

  • First Inaugural Address

    My fellow citizens: Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. 1 This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring.2 A spring reborn in the world’s oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent…

  • Aceptación del premio Nobel

    Honorables señores del Comité Nobel de la Paz, Sus majestades los Reyes de Noruega, Excelentísima señora Primer Ministro, Excelentísimos miembros de gobiernos y del Cuerpo Diplomático, Apreciables compatriotas guatemaltecos, Señoras y señores. Me llena de emoción y orgullo la distinción que se me hace al otorgarme el Premio Nobel de la Paz 1992. Emoción personal…

  • Annus Horribilis

    My Lord Mayor, Could I say, first, how delighted I am that the Lady Mayoress is here today. This great hall has provided me with some of the most memorable events of my life. The hospitality of the City of London is famous around the world, but nowhere is it more appreciated than among the…

  • Europe and the World Speech

    The Danish referendum has already narrowly said “no” to the Treaty. The combination of that and of a French ‘non’ would be decisive. Without the consent of all twelve Member States the Maastricht Treaty cannot proceed. It would be dead. That is a statement of fact not conjecture. Even if, as I hope, the French…

  • The River of Time and the Imperative

    Here we stand, before a sculpture in which the sculptor’s imagination and fantasy, with remarkable expressiveness and laconism, convey the drama of the «Cold War», the irrepressible human striving to penetrate the barriers of alienation and confrontation. It is symbolic that this artist was the granddaughter of Winston Churchill and that this sculpture should be…

  • Discurs d’investidura (1992)

    Molt honorable senyor, 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 seva…

  • Farewell Address

    Dear fellow countrymen, compatriots. Due to the situation which has evolved as a result of the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, I hereby discontinue my activities at the post of President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I am making this decision on considerations of principle. I firmly came out in favor…

  • Dissolving the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Dear compatriots, fellow citizens, as a result of the newly formed situation, creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, I cease my activities in the post of the U.S.S.R. president. I am taking this decision out of considerations based on principle. I have firmly stood for independence, self-rule of nations, for the sovereignty of the…

  • Address at the Madrid Peace Conference

    The people of Israel look to this palace with great anticipation and expectation. We pray that this meeting will mark the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Middle East; that it will signal the end of hostility, violence, terror and war; that it will bring dialogue, accommodation, coexistence and above all…