文档介绍：爱尔兰总统希金斯身高爱尔兰总统希金斯在英国议会英语演讲稿
mr. speaker, lord speaker,prime minister, deputy prime minister,leader of the opposition and distinguished guests:
i am delighted to be with you today.
a chairde:
tá fíor-chaoin áthas orm bheith anseo libh ar ócáid an chéad cuairt stáit seo.
on the first day of this state visit, i have been graciously and warmly welcomed by her majestyqueen elizabeth at windsor castle, and i have come to this place from a poignant anduplifting visit to westminster abbey. i am greatly honoured to be the first president of irelandto address you in this distinguished palace of westminster.
as a former parliamentarian, honoured to have spent twenty-five years as a member of dáiléireann, and a further decade serving in our upper house, seanad éireann, it constitutes avery special privilege to be speaking today in a place that history has made synonymous withthe principle of democratic governance and with respect for a political discourse that is bothinclusive and pluralist.
at the very foundation of british democracy is, of course, the magna carta which includes thepowerful statement:
“to no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay, right or justice.”
those beautiful and striking words have echoed down the centuries and remain the beatingheart of the democratic tradition. their resonance was felt almost immediately in irelandthr