“Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our h...”

“First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost...”

“The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for wo...”

“To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the bene...”

“To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?”

“Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and...”

“In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots.”

“It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're g...”

“So at some point you realize that your life is not just going to start one day in the future, that you're living it.”

“When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over th...”

“Life is going to be complex, and the only way we're able navigate our way through it at all is by living as best we can and absorb...”

“I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back an...”