Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
2000s, China-Africa summit speech (2006)
Address delivered at the meeting of East and West Association held on August 29, 1945, at the City Hall of Rangoon
Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
2000s, China-Africa summit speech (2006)
Richard Nixon (1913–1994) 37th President of the United States of America
1970s, Remarks on Being Reelected (1972)
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
1990s, Inaugural celebration address (1994)
Context: We are both humbled and elevated by the honour and privilege that you, the people of South Africa, have bestowed on us, as the first President of a united, democratic, non-racial and non-sexist government.
We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom
We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world.
Let there be justice for all.
Let there be peace for all.
Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
2000s, White House speech (2006)
Context: Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, the 21st century has entrusted people around the world with a lasting historic mission: That is to maintain world peace, promote common development and create a brighter future for mankind. Let us work together with the international community to build a world of enduring peace, common prosperity and harmony. Thank you once again, Mr. President, for your warm welcome.
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) The second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a leader of the Indian National Congress party
First broadcast as Prime Minister, on 11 June 1964 http://lbsim.ac.in/about-shastriji.aspx?mpgid=2&pgid1=10&pgidtrail=11
Vannevar Bush (1890–1974) American electrical engineer and science administrator
Source: Science - The Endless Frontier (1945), Summary
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1963, UN speech
Context: Two years ago I told this body that the United States had proposed, and was willing to sign, a limited test ban treaty. Today that treaty has been signed. It will not put an end to war. It will not remove basic conflicts. It will not secure freedom for all. But it can be a lever, and Archimedes, in explaining the principles of the lever, was said to have declared to his friends: "Give me a place where I can stand — and I shall move the world." My fellow inhabitants of this planet: Let us take our stand here in this Assembly of nations. And let us see if we, in our own time, can move the world to a just and lasting peace.
“Freedom is a universal human desire… and a force for peace and prosperity in the world.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
"The Struggle for Human Rights and Human Freedom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW33AxBe06o (June 2013) <br class="br">2010s, 2013
George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, 41st President of the United States
U.S. president George Bush made those comments on January 1, 1990. The Watchtower magazine; In Search of a New World Order (15 July 1991)
Nicolás Maduro (1962) 53rd President of Venezuela
President Maduro's speech at the United Nations General Assembly (excerpts), 26 September 2018