Our Values Have Remained, and Must Remain, Constant
I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen — my beloved Mother — was an inspiration and example to me and …
As Prime Minister, I Will Pursue Three Early Priorities
Good afternoon, I have just accepted Her Majesty The Queen’s kind invitation to form a new government. Let me pay tribute to my predecessor. Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the Covid …
Weird Scenes Inside the Archives: “‘Business As Usual’ Is Obsolete”
Something a little different for the Vital Speech of this week. A serendipitous spelunking sortie into the cavernous archives of the 88-year-old Vital Speeches of the Day magazine yielded a strangely echoey …
I Ask Forgiveness … with Shame and Unambiguously
Madam Governor General, Mr. Prime Minister, Dear Indigenous peoples of Maskwacis and of this land of Canada, Dear brothers and sisters! I have been waiting to come here and be …
Western Democracy Needs a New Project
Like 1945 or 1980, the West is at an inflection point. In 1945, the West had to create new institutions of international governance, of defence, and of European cooperation in …
I Want You to Know How Sad I Am … But Them’s the Breaks
It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. And I’ve agreed …
What Is Needed? What Can Best Be Done? What Must Be Done?
I’m profoundly grateful and touched by the great distinction and honor and great compliment accorded me by the authorities of Harvard this morning. I’m overwhelmed, as a matter of fact, …