Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007) 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations, President of Austria
World-service speech http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/stsg-8, 1978
Source: Inaugural address https://civil.ge/archives/114132 (21 January 2008)
Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007) 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations, President of Austria
World-service speech http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/stsg-8, 1978
“Now we walk briskly towards our unknown goal.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book The Stark Munro Letters
The Stark Munro Letters (1894)
Context: The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time. Some eighty thousand years are supposed to have existed between paleolithic and neolithic man. Yet in all that time he only learned to grind his flint stones instead of chipping them. But within our father's lives what changes have there not been? The railway and the telegraph, chloroform and applied electricity. Ten years now go further than a thousand then, not so much on account of our finer intellects as because the light we have shows us the way to more. Primeval man stumbled along with peering eyes, and slow, uncertain footsteps. Now we walk briskly towards our unknown goal.
Ward Cunningham (1949) American computer programmer who developed the first wiki
Podcast Interview with Ward Cunningham (2006)
Naiqama Lalabalavu (1953) Fijian politician
Parliamentary speech, 17 November 2005 (excerpts)
Epeli Ganilau (1951) Fijian politician
Excerpts from a speech to the Fiji Institute of Accountants, 28 April 2005
Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) Indian politician
Address By Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma President Of India On The Occasion Of The 50th Anniversary Of The First Sitting Of The Constituent Assembly
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2008, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (September 2008)
“Our victory now depends on our unity.”
Abdullah II of Jordan (1962) King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Address to the European Parliament (2015)
Context: There are those living in Europe today who remember the ravages that struck the continent in the late 1930s and the World War that followed because of an aggressive, expansionist ideology based on hate and disregard for the very essence of humanity. Europe’s war became the World’s War. Today, we are fighting a similar war. A war against an expansionist ideology that feeds on hate; that is committing murder in the name of God and religion to justify evil actions that no religion tolerates — a war against terrorists who disrespect Islam’s values and humanity’s values.
Our victory now depends on our unity. Europe’s role is vital. Only by cooperation can our regions shut down the sources of terrorist support and defeat their purposes.
It is also essential that our regions renew the source of our great strength: the mutual respect that binds and sustains us. Young people, especially, must be inspired by values that reject violence, create peace and build inclusive society.
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102011166?q=barack+obama&p=par Statement made by U.S. President Barack Obama at a joint press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom in July 2010 <br class="br">2010