Speechwriter to public service grads: “Be afraid to fail”
Good morning! Thank you Jessica, thank you Dean Glied, faculty, families and friends. So this is what it’s like to actually deliver a speech. I confess it’s my first time. …
I Have Decided to Lay Down My Mandate
I have been reflecting deeply about my presidency and about the forty years in which my life has been inextricably bound to FIFA and the great sport of football. I …
Palliative care: The gap between the rhetoric and the reality
Editor’s Note: The speech was actually not delivered, after the RACP dropped Dr. Syme as its keynoter, citing members’ complaints about the subject. Nevertheless, Dr. Syme distributed the speech text …
Toward Equal Security for All States
Fellow citizens of Russia, Dear veterans, Distinguished guests, Comrade soldiers and seamen, sergeants and sergeant majors, midshipmen and warrant officers, Comrade officers, generals and admirals, I congratulate you all on …
We Can Take On Those Deep-Rooted Problems
Let me start by thanking President Johnson for that very gracious introduction, and for awarding me with this honorary degree from an extraordinary institution. I am proud to have this …
How We Should Measure Prosperity
Thank you so much. I am absolutely delighted to be back here at Columbia. I want to thank President Bollinger, Dean Janow, and everyone at the School of International and …
